Conyers’ post office opened in 1846, and 4 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 62% of U.S. towns · #82 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Conyers was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. 4 places in town are on the National Register, among them two historic districts with 159 buildings between them. Below: maps from 1884 on and the census since 1870.
Founding year: the first Conyers post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Conyers’ History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Conyers is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns, #82 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 Conyers’ 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 Conyers’ 88.1 sits above most of its state (69% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 163 historic buildings outnumber those of 92% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share (±1.0 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 Conyers’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Between 1816 and 1821, the area known as Rockdale was open for settlement. John Holcomb, a blacksmith, was the first settler in what is now Conyers. He settled where the current Rockdale County Courthouse is located, in the middle of Conyers on Main Street.
Eventually, pressure arose for a railroad to cross Georgia; the railroad was intended to run from Augusta, through neighboring Covington to Marthasville (now known as Atlanta). John Holcomb was against the railroad and refused to sell his land, and threatened to shoot anyone from the railroad who came onto his property.
The Conyers post office opened in 1846, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Conyers rank for history?
Conyers is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns, #82 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 Conyers?
4 listings: 2 buildings, among them the Rockdale County Jail (listed 1982, the first), and 2 historic districts, the Conyers Commercial Historic District and the Conyers Residential Historic District, with 159 contributing buildings. 163 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Conyers?
1% of Conyers’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.0 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1989.
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 (4), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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