History · Gramling

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

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The story

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Gramling was founded in the 1890s. A post office has been in operation at Gramling since 1892.

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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 Gramling is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Gramling has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Inman Mills in Inman, 3.2 miles away.

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. Inman Mills’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Gramling?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Gramling’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

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