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History · Between

Between’s post office opened in 1893, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the James Berrien Upshaw House. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1896 on, and the census since 1910.

1893first post office
1on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Quick answers

How Between began

When was Between founded?

1893

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

First census: 104 in 19102020 census: 402133 years
Founding year: the first Between post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Between’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1950 and 1960, then grew 5-fold.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Between change.
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Start Between’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewJames Berrien Upshaw Homeplace, U.S. Ro…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Between, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020120 in 1950Low: 80

Lost a third of its people between 1950 and 1960, then grew 5-fold.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

On the map

Between on the map, 1896 to 1985

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

Between on the 1896 USGS mapBetween on the 1964 USGS mapBetween on the 1985 USGS map1896Monroe sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Between came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Between.

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The first permanent settlement at Between was made in the 1850s. Between was incorporated in 1908 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly.

It has been suggested by many that the town is called Between because it is equidistant to Atlanta and Athens. It is also between Walton County's two largest cities, Loganville and Monroe. Actually, strong public opposition to annexation by either Loganville or Monroe resulted in a successful public movement to incorporate the area, which struggled with the challenge of choosing a name for the new town. Eventually the simplest and most obvious name was chosen.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Between, 1893 to 2020

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893Post officeThe Between post office opens
  3. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904Post officeThe Between post office closes
  6. 1985In the archiveJames Berrien Upshaw Homeplace, U.S. Route 78 & County Road 56 (New Hope Church Ro, Betwe…
  7. 21st century
  8. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 402
By decade

Between, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s1 item
James Berrien Upshaw Homeplace, U.S. Route 78 & County Road 56 (New Hope Church Ro, Between (Walton County, Geargia)1985James Berrien Upshaw Homeplace, U.S. Route 78 & Count…
1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 recent
Between, Georgia2024Between, GeorgiaGAMap-doton-Between2005GAMap-doton-Between
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

James Berrien Upshaw Homeplace, U.S. Route 78 & County Road 56 (New Hope Church Ro, Between (Walton County, Geargia)
Retake this viewJames Berrien Upshaw Homeplace, U.S. Route 78 & County Road 56 (New Hope Church Ro, Between (Walton County, Geargia), 1985

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Between’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Between

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
James Berrien Upshaw House
James Berrien Upshaw House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Victorian1
All 1 listings
James Berrien Upshaw HouseBuilding · listed 1986

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Between

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

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Dakota FanningAmerican actress and model · b. 1994
Holly HunterAmerican actress · b. 1958
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Elle FanningAmerican actress · b. 1998
Frances ConroyAmerican actress · b. 1953
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TakeoffAmerican rapper · b. 1994
Raymond MoodyAmerican psychologist · b. 1944
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Between had its own post office from 1893 to 1904.

Between
1893–1904
18901960today

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

Questions about Between’s history

What year was Between founded?

The Between 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 Between?

One place: the James Berrien Upshaw House (listed 1986).

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 (3), 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.