Bayard’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Bayard. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Bayard was incorporated in 1893 and named in honor of Thomas F. Bayard, Jr., who later became a United States senator from Delaware (1923–1929). Bayard was founded on the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway as a coal mining community. Coal mining has remained the town's chief industry.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Bayard’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bayard’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBayard-Gormania,WV, c. 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Bayard, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Bayard is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bayard has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Gormania Presbyterian Church in Bayard, 1.9 miles away.
Bayard 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 Bayard-Gormania,WV (c. 1900) 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.