The story
Read it all →How Greenwood came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Greenwood.
The Town of Greenwood was settled in 1824, and was officially incorporated as a municipality in 1927.
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History · Greenwood
Greenwood’s post office opened in 1848, and 4 of its places are on the National Register
Most of Greenwood was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1952 on and the census since 1940.
1848first post office
4on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Quick answers
How Greenwood began
When was Greenwood founded?
1848
The Greenwood post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 293 in 19402020 census: 539178 years
Founding year: the first Greenwood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Greenwood’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 Greenwood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 735 in 2000; 539 people lived here in 2020.Deep rootsA post office since 1848: 178 years of Greenwood.Landmarks on the Register4 places on the National Register.
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Start Greenwood’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greenwood’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.People over time
Greenwood, census by census
Peaked at 735 in 2000; 539 people lived here in 2020.
8 censuses, 1940–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Greenwood’s Wikipedia page.
Timeline
Greenwood, 1848 to 2000
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1848Post officeThe Greenwood post office opens
- 1860
Born hereSusan Cobb Milton Atkinson is born here - 20th century
- 1952
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 21st century
- 2000CensusPopulation peaks at 735
By decade
Greenwood, decade by decade
2026
2026
2016
2004On the map
Greenwood on the map, 1952 to 1982
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Greenwood. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1952Marianna sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Greenwood.
On the National Register
4 historic places in Greenwood
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
4
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
1972
Great Oaks
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Greek Revival1
Colonial1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Places that used to be
Places now gone
Greenwood’s post office has been open since 1848.
Gone or out of use
Acres Of Diamonds Airparkairport
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Greenwood’s history
What year was Greenwood founded?
The Greenwood post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Greenwood?
4 listings: 4 buildings, among them the Great Oaks (listed 1972, the first).
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 (4), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.