A history of Mullins,
since 1872
Postcards, papers and photographs of Mullins from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗On March 4, 1872, the charter was approved for the town of Mullins. The same year the Macedonia Methodist church was established, the first church within city limits. By 1878, the city of Mullins had a population of 75 people, a total of 12 families. There were only three stores and four unpaved streets: Railroad, Main, Smith, and Gapway Streets. Gapway Road was designed from 76 Hwy in 1933.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Mullins’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewUntitled photo, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Mullins, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Untitled photo (1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.