Mathews’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Mathews. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 555 to 525 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1971.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mathews yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Mathews’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mathews’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMATHEWS COUNTY COURTHOUSE SQUARE, 1971: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Mathews, decade by decade
1990s
7 historic places in Mathews
7 places in Mathews are 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 MATHEWS COUNTY COURTHOUSE SQUARE (1971) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.