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History · Argyle

Argyle’s post office opened in 1882

Most of Argyle was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: old-book passages.

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How Argyle began

When was Argyle founded?

1882

The Argyle post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Saussy (1884), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 190144 years
Founding year: the first Argyle post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Argyle’s past

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How Argyle came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Argyle.

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The community takes its name from Fort Argyle, near Savannah. A post office called Argyle has been in operation since 1882. The town was incorporated in 1901.

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From the old history books

What they wrote about Argyle in 1916

Passages that mention Argyle, cut from the printed page as they were published.

124 History of Clinch County, Georgia This church was established in 1887, at about the time that the town of Argyle or Saussy, as it was then called, came into existence. The land for the purpose was deeded by Mrs. Virginia N. Fulton and Ida F. Saussy, heirs of Gasper J. Fulton, to the trustees of…
History of Clinch County, Georgia, revised to date, giving the early history of the county down to the present time (1916)1916 · page 124Read the page →
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124 History of Clinch County, Georgia This church was established in 1887, at about the time that the town of Argyle or Saussy, as it was then called, came into existence. The land for the purpose was deeded by Mrs. Virginia N. Fulton and Ida F. Saussy, heirs of Gasper J. Fulton, to the trustees of the Church September 8th, 1887, to be used by the Church so long as used for church purposes. The trustees named in the deed were : W. A. Ecord,

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Timeline

Argyle, 1882 to 1981

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Argyle post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Saussy post office opens
  4. 1899Post officeThe Saussy post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1981Born hereJonathan Smith is born here
By decade

Argyle, decade by decade

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Argyle city limit, US84 EB2015Argyle city limit, US84 EBArgyle Post Office2012Argyle Post OfficeArgyle Park2012Argyle ParkArgyle Fire Department2012Argyle Fire DepartmentArgyle Community Center2012Argyle Community CenterGAMap-doton-Argyle2005GAMap-doton-Argyle
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Argyle’s post office has been open since 1882. Another post office, Saussy, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Argyle
1882–today
Saussy
1884–1899
18801950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Argyle’s history

What year was Argyle founded?

The Argyle post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.