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Clarkton BridgeClarkton Bridge · Photo: Bruce A. Harms · Public domain
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History · Nathalie

12% of Nathalie’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on.

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Nathalie’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Nathalie are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Nathalie came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Nathalie.

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It received its name in 1890 or 1891, being named after Natalie Otey (not "Nathalie"), daughter of Mrs. Rebecca Wimbish, an important local landowner. Prior to that time, the village at this location was considered to be a part of the Nathaniel Barksdale plantation. It had included a church since 1773 (the first Catawba Baptist Church) and a post office since 1828. This post office continues to operate today with the ZIP code of 24577.

The former Clarkton Bridge over the Roanoke or "Staunton" River 4 miles (6 km) northeast of town was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Nathalie on the map, 1954 to 1990

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Nathalie. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Nathalie on the 1954 USGS mapNathalie on the 1968 USGS mapNathalie on the 1990 USGS map1954Halifax sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Nathalie.

Famous people

Famous people close to Nathalie

Nobody well known was born in Nathalie itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Guy GardnerAmerican astronaut · b. 1948
Greg VanneyAmerican soccer player and coach · b. 1974
Jerome KerseyAmerican basketball player · b. 1962
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Claudia EmersonAmerican academic, writer and poet · b. 1957
Ward BurtonAmerican racing driver · b. 1961
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Willie LanierAmerican football player · b. 1945

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.