The story so far
Cusseta, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cusseta yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 11,267 to 9,565 (-15%).
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History · Cusseta
14% of Cusseta’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 58% of U.S. towns · #89 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Its Register listings are the Riverside, the Chatahoochee County Jail and the Cusseta Industrial High School. Below: maps from 1908 on.
3on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
About Cusseta’s history
How historic is Cusseta?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 58% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Cusseta’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Cusseta is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns, #89 of 263 in Georgia. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Cusseta’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194013.7% of homes (±4.9) · typical GA town 3.8% · U.S. 8.4%BNational Register3 listings, 3.4 per 10,000 residents · typical GA town 10.0 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 58%
NewerOlder
Georgia towns of 2,500+ (263)Ahead of 66%
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 Cusseta’s 3.4 sits near the middle of its state (41% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 3 listings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.9 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Cusseta’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost villages14 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Cusseta, and 17 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cusseta are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19086 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1993. Watch Cusseta change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Cusseta’s post office has been open since 1857. 14 other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Halloca
Jamestown
Cottage Mill
Cusseta
Mulville
Eelbeck
Giles
Hichitee
Idavesper
Ochillee
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Central SpringsChristopherCottage MillsEelbeckFort BenningGobblers HillHallocaHeineburg VillageIda VesperJamestownKasihtaMantaMcDaniel ManorOchilleeRenfroeShackWoolfolk
Gone or out of use
Carhart StorelocaleCooks MilllocaleCulpepper StorelocaleFavorsville SchoolschoolFellowship ChurchchurchGallups MilllocaleGood Hope ChurchchurchHarmony ChurchchurchHollis MilllocaleKings MilllocaleKingsville SchoolschoolMission ChurchchurchMount Pilgrim ChurchchurchMount Zion ChurchchurchPine Knot SchoolschoolProsperity ChurchchurchProvidence SchoolschoolSaint Matthew Churchchurch
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cusseta
GoodhopeHarmonyMount OliveWilkinsonZion Hill Baptist Church
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Cusseta’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cusseta’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.On the map
Cusseta on the map, 1908 to 1993
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cusseta. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1908Columbus sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cusseta.
Timeline
Cusseta, 1835 to 1919
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1835Post officeThe Halloca post office opens
- 1849Post officeThe Jamestown post office opens
- 1852Post officeThe Cottage Mill post office opens
- 20th century
- 1902Post officeThe Halloca post office closes
- 1908
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1914Post officeThe Jamestown post office closes
- 1919Post officeThe Cottage Mill post office closes
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the National Register
3 historic places in Cusseta
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1971
Riverside
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Romanesque1
Rosenwald two-teacher community school plan1
RiversideBuilding
Chatahoochee County JailRomanesque
Cusseta Industrial High SchoolRosenwald two-teacher community school plan
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Cusseta’s history
How does Cusseta rank for history?
Cusseta is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns, #89 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 Cusseta?
Three places: the Riverside (listed 1971), the Chatahoochee County Jail (1986) and the Cusseta Industrial High School (2011).
How old are the homes in Cusseta?
14% of Cusseta’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.9 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1981.
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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 the National Register of Historic Places (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.