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Pax’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Pax is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The current mayor of Pax is William Hughes. The population was 136 at the 2020 census. The community most likely derives its name from nearby Packs Branch creek.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 167 to 136 (-19%). Half of its homes were built before 1948.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pax 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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Pax, 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 Pax is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pax has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mount Hope Historic District in Mount Hope, 5.4 miles away.

Pax and the nearest listed places

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Mount Hope Historic DistrictNew River Company General Office BuildingBank of Glen JeanWhipple Company StoreOak Hill High SchoolOak Hill Railroad Depot

Closest to Pax

Mount Hope Historic DistrictMount Hope · Italianate5.4miNew River Company General Office BuildingMount Hope · Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style5.5miBank of Glen JeanGlen Jean · Built 19096.1miWhipple Company StoreScarbro · Building6.4miOak Hill High SchoolOak Hill · Built 19287.8mi

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. Mount Hope Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Pax?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Pax’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

nearby towns’ history
📜 Mount Hope📜 Oak Hill📜 Mabscott📜 Thurmond

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