History · Clio

Clio’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Clio. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

3old images & papers
2historic places
1need a date
From Clio’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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The Clio Historic District, McLaurin House, and McLaurin-Roper-McColl Farmstead are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
c. 1908Clio - Main StreetCommons
c. 1910Clio - Main Street, looking southCommons
1920–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clio’s history is told.

2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewClio - Main Street, c. 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Clio

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By decade

Clio, decade by decade

1920s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings 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

2 historic places in Clio

Clio has 2 listings on the National Register, and they protect 136 historic buildings, because Clio Historic District alone counts 132.

#87
In South Carolinaby listings · most towns there have none
2places listed1 building · 1 district
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
136historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1978first listedMcLaurin House · newest: Clio Historic District, 1979

Where they are

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BuildingsDistricts

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Clio - Main Street (c. 1908) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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