The story
Read it all →How Cobbtown came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Cobbtown.
A variant name was "Corsica". The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the "Town of Cobbtown" in 1905.
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History · Cobbtown
Cobbtown’s post office opened in 1867
Most of Cobbtown was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Below: maps from 1970 on and the census since 1910.
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Quick answers
How Cobbtown began
When was Cobbtown founded?
1867
The Cobbtown post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Corsica (1889), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 254 in 19102020 census: 341159 years
Founding year: the first Cobbtown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Cobbtown’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Cobbtown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cobbtown’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.People over time
Cobbtown, census by census
Peaked at 494 in 1980; 341 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cobbtown’s Wikipedia page.
Timeline
Cobbtown, 1867 to 1980
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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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Cobbtown on the map, 1970 to 1985
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cobbtown. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1970Cobbtown sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cobbtown.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Cobbtown
Nobody well known was born in Cobbtown itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Another post office, Corsica, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Cobb Town
Corsica
18601940today
1cemetery inside Cobbtown
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Cobbtown’s history
What year was Cobbtown founded?
The Cobbtown post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 Wikipedia, 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.