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History · Colquitt

Colquitt’s post office opened in 1856, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 48% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Colquitt was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 35 buildings. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1898 on.

1856first post office
1on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
8famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Colquitt’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Colquitt began

When was Colquitt founded?

1856

The Colquitt post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Spring Town (1856), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 2,001170 years

How historic is Colquitt?

B−

More historic than 48% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Colquitt post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Colquitt’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Colquitt is more historic than 48% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Colquitt’s overall grade.
Founding era1856, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19404.3% of homes (±3.5) · typical GA town 3.8% · U.S. 8.4%CNational Register1 listing, 35 historic buildings, 184 per 10,000 residents · typical GA town 10.0 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 48%
NewerOlder

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 Colquitt’s 184 sits above most of its state (79% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 35 historic buildings outnumber those of 83% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.5 points). 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 Colquitt’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe Colquitt Town Square Historic District takes in 35 historic buildings.Famous sons and daughtersLea Henry, Peter Zack Geer and 6 more were born here.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Colquitt’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Colquitt’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewGeorgia Pine Railway: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the National Register

1 listing protects 35 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
35
each building in a district counts
first listed
1983
Colquitt Town Square Historic District
Colquitt Town Square Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Victorian Eclectic1
Commercial Style1
Colquitt Town Square Historic DistrictVictorian Eclectic

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

Famous people

8 famous people were born in Colquitt

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

See all →
L
Lea HenryOlympic medalist in basketball · b. 1961
Peter Zack GeerAmerican politician · b. 1928
C
Charles GrantPlayer of American football · b. 1978
G
Gordie RichardsonAmerican baseball player · b. 1938
B
Brandon MillerAmerican football player · b. 1986
K
Keyon NashPlayer of American and Canadian football · b. 1979
The story so far

Colquitt, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Colquitt yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Colquitt is a city and the county seat of Miller County, in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 2,001 at the 2020 census. Colquitt has been the county seat of Miller County since Miller County was incorporated by the Georgia Legislature in 1856. The city formally incorporated on December 19, 1860, and is Miller County's only incorporated municipality. Colquitt is named for U.S. Congressman and Senator Walter Terry Colquitt. The Colquitt Town Square Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Its first post office opened in 1856. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,992 in 2010, 2,001 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Colquitt, 1856 to 1978

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Colquitt post office opens
  3. 1856Post officeThe Spring Town post office opens
  4. 1856Post officeThe Spring Town post office closes
  5. 1898In the archiveGeorgia Pine Railway
  6. 20th century
  7. 1928Born herePeter Zack Geer is born here
  8. 1938Born hereGordie Richardson is born here
  9. 1961Born hereLea Henry is born here
  10. 1978Born hereCharles Grant is born here
By decade

Colquitt, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s1 item
Georgia Pine Railway1898Georgia Pine Railway
1900s–1990snothing yet
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.
Add from your album
Today5 recent
Phillips Street cow and turtles2025Phillips Street cow and turtlesN757 P over2025N757 P overColquitt Cemetery2025Colquitt CemeteryPhillips Street turtle2021Phillips Street turtleGAMap-doton-Colquitt2005GAMap-doton-Colquitt
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Georgia Pine Railway
Retake this viewGeorgia Pine Railway, 1898

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Colquitt’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Colquitt’s post office has been open since 1856. Another post office, Spring Town, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Colquitt
1856–today
Spring Town
1856–1856
18501940today
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Colquitt
Colquitt CityPleasant HillRawls

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Colquitt’s history

What year was Colquitt founded?

The Colquitt post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Colquitt rank for history?

Colquitt is more historic than 48% of U.S. towns. 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 Colquitt?

One place: the Colquitt Town Square Historic District (listed 1983).

How old are the homes in Colquitt?

4% of Colquitt’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.5 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1967.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.