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History · Blythe

Blythe’s post office opened in 1885, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1922 on and the census since 1930.

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13%homes built before 1940
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How Blythe began

When was Blythe founded?

1885

The Blythe post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 209 in 19302020 census: 744141 years
Founding year: the first Blythe post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Blythe’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 Blythe are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1950 and 1960, then grew 4-fold.On the map since 19225 editions of the USGS map, 1922 to 1980. Watch Blythe change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blythe’s history is told.

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People over time

Blythe, census by census

020040060080019401960198020002020268 in 1950Low: 172

Lost a third of its people between 1950 and 1960, then grew 4-fold.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

On the map

Blythe on the map, 1922 to 1980

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

Blythe on the 1922 USGS mapBlythe on the 1948 USGS mapBlythe on the 1953 USGS mapBlythe on the 1971 USGS mapBlythe on the 1980 USGS map1922Hephzibah 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 Blythe.

The story so far

Blythe, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Blythe yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Blythe is a city, in Richmond County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 744. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area.

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 721 to 744 (+3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Blythe, 1885 to 2020

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Blythe post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1922On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1939Born herePat Dye is born here
  6. 21st century
  7. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 744
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Questions about Blythe’s history

What year was Blythe founded?

The Blythe post office opened in 1885, 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 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.