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The story

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First settled in 1869 by Ben Samson, it was later named for famous inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), with his inventing productive laboratories in Menlo Park, New Jersey, East Orange, New Jersey, and Fort Myers, Florida.

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2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Edison is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Edison has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Burlington Carnegie Library in Burlington, 8.1 miles away.

Edison and the nearest listed places

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Burlington Carnegie LibraryHoogdal SchoolGreat Northern DepotSemar BlockCalifornia Fruit StoreW. T. PRESTON (snagboat)

Closest to Edison

Burlington Carnegie LibraryBurlington · Built 19168.1miHoogdal SchoolSedro-Woolley · Building8.1miGreat Northern DepotAnacortes · Building8.7miSemar BlockAnacortes · Building8.7miCalifornia Fruit StoreAnacortes · Building8.7mi

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. Burlington Carnegie Library’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Edison?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Edison’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

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📜 Burlington📜 Sedro-Woolley📜 Anacortes📜 Mount Vernon

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