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History · Crooked Creek

28% of Crooked Creek’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on.

0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Crooked Creek’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Crooked Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Crooked Creek, in brief

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

Crooked Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Putnam County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 685 as of the 2020 census. The community is located on the western bank of the Oconee River.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 639 to 685 (+7%).

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

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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

Crooked Creek on the map, 1972 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Crooked Creek. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Crooked Creek on the 1972 USGS mapCrooked Creek on the 1981 USGS map1972Meda 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 Crooked Creek.

Famous people

Famous people close to Crooked Creek

Nobody well known was born in Crooked Creek itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Alice WalkerAmerican author and activist · b. 1944
Marjorie Taylor GreeneAmerican politician · b. 1974
Elijah MuhammadAmerican religious leader · b. 1897
Trisha YearwoodAmerican country singer · b. 1964
Joel Chandler HarrisAmerican journalist, children's writer · b. 1848
Sonny TerryAmerican Piedmont blues musician · b. 1911
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Martins Ferrycrossing

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.