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History · Tutuilla

Tutuilla’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Tutuilla. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Tutuilla is a census-designated place (CDP) in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Tutuilla had a population of 448. It is part of the Pendleton–Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 487 to 448 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1992.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tutuilla yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tutuilla’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Tutuilla

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Gordon H. SmithGordon H. SmithPendleton · 7 miGFGeorge Buck FlowerMilton-Freewater · 27 miDave CockrumDave CockrumPendleton · 7 miGeorge HackathorneGeorge HackathornePendleton · 7 miElaine MilesElaine MilesPendleton · 7 miFrances Moore LappéFrances Moore LappéPendleton · 7 mi
By decade

Tutuilla, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Tutuilla is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Tutuilla has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Joseph Vey House in Pendleton, 5.2 miles away.

Tutuilla and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Tutuilla. Tap a dot.
Joseph Vey HouseBowman HotelSouth Main Street Commercial Historic DistrictMatlock-Brownfield BuildingMasonic TempleEmpire Block

Closest to Tutuilla

Joseph Vey HousePendleton · Built 19135.2miBowman HotelPendleton · Building5.4miSouth Main Street Commercial Historic DistrictPendleton · District5.4miMatlock-Brownfield BuildingPendleton · Built 19045.5miMasonic TemplePendleton · Building5.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Joseph Vey House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Tutuilla?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Tutuilla’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Pendleton📜 Pilot Rock📜 Adams📜 Helix
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