Honaker’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Honaker. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Honaker was settled as early as 1772 when William Ferrill established a homesite in the area. During Dunmore's War of 1774 a fort, known as New Garden Fort, was established to protect the settlers from Indian raids.
The Honaker Commercial Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
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Start Honaker’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Honaker’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewZed S: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Honaker, decade by decade
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1 historic place in Honaker
1 place in Honaker is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Zed S and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.