Chamblee’s post office opened in 1881, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 43% of U.S. towns · #132 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Chamblee was built recently: 0.6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. 2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 694 buildings. Below: 11 old photos and papers, maps from 1954 on, and the census since 1910.
Founding year: the first Chamblee post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
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What drives Chamblee’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Chamblee is more historic than 43% of U.S. towns, #132 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Chamblee’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 Chamblee’s 225 sits above most of its state (80% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 696 historic buildings outnumber those of 98% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B+. The pre-1940 share (±0.5 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 Chamblee’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The area that would later become Chamblee was originally dairy farms. During the late nineteenth century, an intersection of two railroads was constructed in Chamblee; one carried passengers from Atlanta to Charlotte, North Carolina, while the other ferried workers and goods back and forth from a factory in Roswell to Atlanta. A settlement known as Roswell Junction emerged at the intersection, and the United States Postal Service decided to establish a post office there. However, feeling the name of the settlement was too similar to nearby Roswell, they randomly selected Chamblee from a list of petitioners for the new post office name. Chamblee was incorporated in 1907.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The Chamblee post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Chamblee rank for history?
Chamblee is more historic than 43% of U.S. towns, #132 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.
What is on the National Register in Chamblee?
Two places: the Dr. Luther C. and Lucy Hurt Fischer House (listed 2011) and the Longview-Huntley Hills Historic District (2017).
How old are the homes in Chamblee?
0.6% of Chamblee’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1984.
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 Wikimedia Commons (18), 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.
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