Coeburn’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Coeburn. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Town of Coeburn was originally named Guest Station after explorer and surveyor Christopher Gist. Gist writes about the area of Coeburn in his trip journals of making camp in the area with his son, Tom.
Incorporated in 1894, the town changed its name to Coeburn after W. W. Coe, Chief Engineer of the N&W Railroad, and Judge W. E. Burns.
The Tacoma School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Coeburn’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Coeburn’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCoeburn-virginia-1963-flood-tva1, 1963: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Coeburn
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Coeburn, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Coeburn is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Coeburn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Tacoma School in Tacoma, 3.5 miles away.
Coeburn 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 Coeburn-virginia-1963-flood-tva1 (1963) 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.