More historic than 15% of U.S. towns · #212 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Brooklet was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1921 on and the census since 1910.
Founding year: the first Brooklet post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Brooklet’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Brooklet is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #212 of 263 in Georgia. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Brooklet’s overall grade.
Georgia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Georgia town has 10.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Brooklet’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (16% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. The pre-1940 share (±2.0 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Brooklet’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Brooklet. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1921Brooklet 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 Brooklet.
The story so far
Brooklet, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brooklet yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Brooklet is a city in Bulloch County, Georgia, United States. It is located roughly 9 miles (14 km) east of Statesboro. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,704. It is the home of the Southeast Bulloch School system. It is located along US Highway 80. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Brooklet as a town in 1906.
Its first post office opened in 1899. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,395 to 1,704 (+22%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Brooklet, 1899 to 1934
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Grew from 361 people in 1910 to 1,704 in 2020, 4 times over.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Brooklet’s Wikipedia page.
Questions about Brooklet’s history
What year was Brooklet founded?
The Brooklet post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Brooklet rank for history?
Brooklet is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #212 of 263 in Georgia. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Brooklet?
2% of Brooklet’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.0 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1999.
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).
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.
