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History · Bostwick

Bostwick’s post office opened in 1890, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 65 buildings. Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1910.

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16%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Bostwick began

When was Bostwick founded?

1890

The Bostwick post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 333 in 19102020 census: 378136 years
Founding year: the first Bostwick post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Bostwick’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 Bostwick are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe Bostwick Historic District takes in 65 historic buildings.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bostwick’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.
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On the National Register

2 listings protect 66 historic buildings

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
66
each building in a district counts
first listed
1994
Susie Agnes Hotel
Susie Agnes HotelBostwick Historic District
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style1
Colonial Revival1
Classical Revival1
Neoclassical Revival1
Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movement: Commercial Style1
Craftsman1
Susie Agnes HotelLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style
All 2 listings
Bostwick Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2002

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

The story

How Bostwick came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bostwick.

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Bostwick was incorporated by the Georgia General Assembly in 1902. The community was named in honor of John Bostwick, a founding resident.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Bostwick, 1877 to 1971

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Born hereBlondelle Malone is born here
  3. 1890Post officeThe Bostwick post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Bostwick, decade by decade

Today5 recent
GA SR 83 in Bostwick, Georgia May 20172017GA SR 83 in Bostwick, Georgia May 2017Bostwick water tower, Georgia May 20172017Bostwick water tower, Georgia May 2017Bostwick Road, Bostwick, Georgia May 20172017Bostwick Road, Bostwick, Georgia May 2017Susie Agnes Hotel2012Susie Agnes HotelGAMap-doton-Bostwick2005GAMap-doton-Bostwick
On the map

Bostwick on the map, 1971 to 1980

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

Bostwick on the 1971 USGS mapBostwick on the 1980 USGS map1971Rutledge North sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Bostwick, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 424

Between 272 and 424 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Questions about Bostwick’s history

What year was Bostwick founded?

The Bostwick post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Bostwick?

Two places: the Susie Agnes Hotel (listed 1994) and the Bostwick Historic District (2002).

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 (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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) 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.