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History · Bishop

Bishop’s post office opened in 1889, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 63 buildings.

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1on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Bishop began

When was Bishop founded?

1889

The Bishop post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 332137 years
Founding year: the first Bishop post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Bishop’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 Bishop are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe Bishop Historic District takes in 63 historic buildings.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bishop’s history is told.

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On the National Register

1 listing protects 63 historic buildings

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

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first listed
1996
Bishop Historic District
Bishop Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Queen Anne1
Folk Victorian1
Colonial Revival1
Classical Revival1
Late Gothic Revival1
Craftsman1
All 1 listings
Bishop Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1996

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

The story

How Bishop came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bishop.

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The community was named after W. H. Bishop, a local landowner and politician. A post office called Bishop has been in operation since 1889. The town was incorporated in 1890.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Bishop, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Bishop

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

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Frances ConroyAmerican actress · b. 1953
Sonny TerryAmerican Piedmont blues musician · b. 1911
Richard Russell Jr.66th Governor of Georgia (1931–1933), U.S. Sena… · b. 1897
Alfred H. ColquittConfederate Army general · b. 1824
Javianne OliverAmerican female track and field sprinter · b. 1994
Brandon MossAmerican baseball player · b. 1983

Questions about Bishop’s history

What year was Bishop founded?

The Bishop post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Bishop?

One place: the Bishop Historic District (listed 1996).

Memory lane

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

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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 (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.