The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusDowelltown is a town in DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, Dowelltown had a population of 342.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 355 to 342 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dowelltown 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.
Start Dowelltown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dowelltown’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Dowelltown, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Dowelltown is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dowelltown has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Liberty Historic District in Liberty, 1.4 miles away.
Dowelltown and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.