The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLuray is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee, United States. The zipcode is: 38352.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Luray 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.
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Start Luray’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Luray’s history is told.
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Luray, decade by decade
Before
2000
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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Luray is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Luray has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hamlett-Smith House in Jacks Creek, 8.3 miles away.
Luray and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Luray. Tap a dot.
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. Hamlett-Smith House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Luray?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Luray’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.