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Alba’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Alba. 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

Alba is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 135 at the 2020 census.

Alba was established in 1803. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 157 to 133 (-15%). Half of its homes were built before 1950.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Alba 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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Alba, 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 Alba is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Alba has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Van Dyne Civic Building in Troy, 6 miles away.

Alba and the nearest listed places

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Van Dyne Civic BuildingTroy Public High SchoolMethodist Episcopal Church of BurlingtonMansfield ArmoryKnapp's Covered BridgeHillsgrove Covered Bridge

Closest to Alba

Van Dyne Civic BuildingTroy · Building6miTroy Public High SchoolTroy · Building6.1miMethodist Episcopal Church of BurlingtonWest Burlington · Building11.2miMansfield ArmoryMansfield · Building14.7miKnapp's Covered BridgeBurlington · Structure15.2mi

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. Van Dyne Civic Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Alba?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Alba’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

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📜 Armenia📜 Canton📜 Canton📜 Troy

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