Abbs Valley’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold no old photos of Abbs Valley yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
What stands out about Abbs Valley’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Start Abbs Valley’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Abbs Valley’s history is told.
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Abb's Valley, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.