Bruceton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Bruceton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBruceton is a town in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,507 in the 2020 census. Bruceton and neighboring town Hollow Rock share a school district, the Hollow Rock-Bruceton Special School District.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,478 people in 2010, 1,507 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1964.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bruceton 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Bruceton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bruceton’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewInterior of wood shack built upon…, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Bruceton
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Bruceton, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Bruceton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bruceton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William Thompson House (Additional Documentation) in Camden, 8.5 miles away.
Bruceton 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 Interior of wood shack built upon Ford truck chassis housing father, mother and seven children. This view shows the mot… (1936) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.