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History · Greensboro

Greensboro’s post office opened in 1893, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Dezell House. Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 1910.

1893first post office
1on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Greensboro began

When was Greensboro founded?

1893

The Greensboro post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 175 in 19102020 census: 461133 years
Founding year: the first Greensboro post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Greensboro’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 Greensboro are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 716 in 1970; 461 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Greensboro’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greensboro’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Greensboro, census by census

0200400600800192019401960198020002020Peak: 716

Peaked at 716 in 1970; 461 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Greensboro’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Greensboro came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Greensboro.

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In 1895, J.W. Green bought 160 acres (64.7497 hectares) in Gadsden County. He built a house and farm, as well as a post office that he named after his land, "Green's". In 1907, the Apalachicola Northern Railroad built their train depot on his farmland, which made him decide to plat his land and transform it into a town. In 1911, the "Town of Greensboro" was officially incorporated as municipality, in honor of Green.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Greensboro, 1893 to 1970

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893Post officeThe Greensboro post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1919BuiltDezell House is built
  5. 1959On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 716
By decade

Greensboro, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Town Park2022Town ParkTennis court2022Tennis courtSome gave all memorial2022Some gave all memorialFLMap-doton-Greensboro2004FLMap-doton-Greensboro
On the map

Greensboro on the map, 1959 to 1994

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

Greensboro on the 1959 USGS mapGreensboro on the 1982 USGS mapGreensboro on the 1994 USGS map1959Gretna sheet · 1:24,000

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Greensboro

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2006
Dezell House
Dezell House, built 1919
Buildings
Dezell HouseBuilt 1919

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Greensboro

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

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Faye DunawayAmerican actress · b. 1941
Shea WhighamAmerican actor · b. 1969
Brad DavisAmerican actor · b. 1949
Norman ThagardUnited States Marine Corps officer, aviator and… · b. 1943
LoboAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1943
Piper CurdaAmerican actress · b. 1997
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Greensboro’s history

What year was Greensboro founded?

The Greensboro post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Greensboro?

One place: the Dezell House (listed 2006).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.