Jacksonville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Jacksonville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusJacksonville is a village in the town of Whitingham, Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 213 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 223 to 213 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1950.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jacksonville 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Jacksonville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jacksonville’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view21 Gates Pond Road, Jacksonville,…, c. 1915: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Jacksonville, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Jacksonville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Jacksonville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Whitingham Village Historic District in Whitingham, 3.3 miles away.
Jacksonville 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 21 Gates Pond Road, Jacksonville, VT - c. 1915 (c. 1915) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.