Acworth dates to 1840, and 6 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 58% of U.S. towns · #90 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Acworth was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. 6 places in town are on the National Register, among them three historic districts with 41 buildings between them. Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1880.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1844.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Acworth’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Acworth is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns, #90 of 263 in Georgia. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Acworth’s overall grade.
Georgia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Georgia town has 10.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Acworth’s 19.6 sits near the middle of its state (59% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 44 historic buildings outnumber those of 84% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share (±0.9 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1840.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Acworth’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Acworth BeachAcworth MeadowsAllatoona QuartersBlue SpringsBlue Springs Village Mobile Home ParkBrookwoodEmerald WillowsEtowah CoveHunters CoveLakeview HeightsLakewood HeightsLaurel HillsLogan MeadowLogan TraceMcGuire HeightsMitchell HillModern Living Mobile Home ParkNorth BendPinehurstSummer Trace
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Acworth
ChastainCowanGrogan - HouseLiberty HillMorrisNorthcutt - PyronShady Grove Baptist
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Start Acworth’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Acworth’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.
Like the rest of Cobb County, the area now containing Acworth was carved out of the former Cherokee Nation in 1831 after the natives were expelled.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad was completed through town in 1840. A watering station for the locomotives was established there.
The town received its current name in 1843 from Western & Atlantic Railroad engineer Joseph L. Gregg, who named it for his hometown of Acworth, New Hampshire, which was named for the former Royal Navy Surveyor Sir Jacob Acworth.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Acworth. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1907Acworth 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 Acworth.
Every building
Acworth, building by building, 1921–1930
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
In 1840, according to Wikidata. Acworth’s post office opened in 1844, and the census of 1880 counted 633 people here.
How does Acworth rank for history?
Acworth is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns, #90 of 263 in Georgia. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Acworth?
6 listings: 3 buildings and 3 historic districts, the Collins Avenue Historic District, the Acworth Downtown Historic District and the Lake Acworth Beach and Bathhouse, with 41 contributing buildings. 44 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Acworth?
1% of Acworth’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 2000.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (6), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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