Hunlock’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Hunlock. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗It is believed that the first white settler was named “Boggs,” who constructed a log cabin in modern-day Hunlock Township. “Boggs” joined the Patriots during the Revolutionary War. It's speculated that while he was away from home, his family was either driven away or massacred by the Native Americans living within the region.
In 1778, Edward Blanchard and Jonathan Hunlock settled near the mouth of Hunlock Creek. They did not have their families with them; in 1790, they returned to their old homes. Future settlers to modern-day Hunlock Township were lumberjacks, who built saw mills in the territory. Additional settlers built gristmills and a smelting furnace.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Hunlock’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hunlock’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBelow Hunlocks [i.e. Hunlock], Pa, 1890: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Hunlock, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Hunlock is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hunlock has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Stanislaus Institute in Newport, 5.2 miles away.
Hunlock and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Below Hunlocks [i.e. Hunlock], Pa (1890) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.