A history of Mullens,
since 1912
Postcards, papers and photographs of Mullens from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Mullens was incorporated as a town on September 17, 1912, and operated under a charter issued by the Circuit Court of Wyoming County. It was named for A. J. Mullins, who owned the land upon which the town is built. The town's original name was spelled with an "i"; a recording error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected. An Act of the West Virginia Legislature granting a charter to the City of Mullens was passed February 22, 1929.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Mullens’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewA row of garages which have been …, 1946: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Mullens
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Mullens, decade by decade
CommonsA row of garages which have been converted by the company i…1946
CommonsMilong Bond taking a bath. Because of having to carry water…1946
CommonsMilong Bond, tipple worker, taking a bath. He rents a three…1946
CommonsMilong Bond, tipple worker, taking a bath. There is no wash…1946
CommonsNegro boy, son of miner, drinking from faucet. This is the …1946
CommonsNegro men, all coal miners, on the front steps of their hou…19461990s
1 historic place in Mullens
Mullens has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 95 historic buildings, because Mullens Historic District alone counts 95.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as A row of garages which have been converted by the company into housing for single men, one room the size of an... - NAR… (1946) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.