Cairo’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Cairo. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was named by its earliest settlers, who were Scots Presbyterians, for the city of Cairo, Egypt, owing to the presence of water and fertile land at the site. Cairo was incorporated in 1895. The North Bend Rail Trail passes through the town.
The former Bank of Cairo building, now Cairo Town Hall, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Cairo’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cairo’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCairo, West Virginia 1899, 1899: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Cairo, decade by decade
1980s
1 historic place in Cairo
1 place in Cairo is 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 Cairo, West Virginia 1899 (1899) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (8). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.