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History · Cadwell

Cadwell’s post office opened in 1908, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1973 on and the census since 1910.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Cadwell began

When was Cadwell founded?

1908

The Cadwell post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 154 in 19102020 census: 381118 years
Founding year: the first Cadwell post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Cadwell’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 Cadwell are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 528 in 2010; 381 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cadwell’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Cadwell, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 528

Peaked at 528 in 2010; 381 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Cadwell came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cadwell.

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The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the "Town of Cadwell" in 1907. The community was named after Matthew and Rebecca Cadwell, the original owners of the town site.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cadwell, 1908 to 2010

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1908Post officeThe Cadwell post office opens
  3. 1973On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1994Born hereDustin Fowler is born here
  5. 21st century
  6. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 528
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Cadwell on the map in 1973

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cadwell.

Cadwell on the 1973 USGS map1973Cadwell 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 Cadwell.

Questions about Cadwell’s history

What year was Cadwell founded?

The Cadwell post office opened in 1908, 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 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.