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History · Dudley

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

1859established
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Dudley is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 185 at the 2020 census.

Dudley was established in 1859. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 184 people in 2010, 184 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1944.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dudley 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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Dudley, 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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Today1 photo
Dudley Methodist churchCommonsDudley Methodist church2015
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Dudley is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dudley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Minersville Coke Ovens in Carbon, 0.9 miles away.

Dudley and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Dudley. Tap a dot.
Minersville Coke OvensWoodvale Historic DistrictRobertsdale Historic DistrictBaker BridgeEast Broad Top RailroadParadise Furnace

Closest to Dudley

Minersville Coke OvensCarbon · Site0.9miWoodvale Historic DistrictBroad Top · District3.4miRobertsdale Historic DistrictWood · Built 18733.8miBaker BridgeTodd · Structure6.4miEast Broad Top RailroadTodd · District7.2mi

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. Minersville Coke Ovens’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Dudley?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Dudley’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
📜 Coalmont📜 Carbon📜 Broad Top City📜 Coaldale

From Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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