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Blyn’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Blyn. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Blyn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clallam County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, Blyn had a population of 108. It is located near the city of Sequim on the shores of Sequim Bay. The area includes the Jamestown S'Klallam Indian Reservation, established in 1874 by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, who named their community Jamestown after their leader; Lord James Balch.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 101 to 108 (+7%). Half of its homes were built before 1988.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Blyn 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.

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Blyn, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Blyn is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Blyn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Uncas School in Blyn, 4.8 miles away.

Blyn and the nearest listed places

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Uncas SchoolUS Quarantine Station Surgeon's ResidenceSaint's Rest, Tukey's Pioneer Cabin and Homestead HouseSequim Opera HouseVan Trojen HouseDungeness River Bridge

Closest to Blyn

Uncas SchoolBlyn · Built 19174.8miUS Quarantine Station Surgeon's ResidencePort Townsend · Building6.5miSaint's Rest, Tukey's Pioneer Cabin and Homestead HousePort Hadlock-Irondale · Building7miSequim Opera HouseSequim · Built 19067.5miVan Trojen HousePort Hadlock-Irondale · Building7.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Uncas School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Blyn?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Blyn’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Sequim📜 Port Townsend📜 Coupeville📜 Port Angeles
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