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History · Dacula

Dacula’s post office opened in 1892, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 19% of U.S. towns · #200 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it

Most of Dacula was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1964 on, and the census since 1900.

1892first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
6famous people
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From Dacula’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Dacula began

When was Dacula founded?

1892

The Dacula post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 120 in 19002020 census: 6,882134 years

How historic is Dacula?

C−

More historic than 19% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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

What drives Dacula’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Dacula is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns, #200 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Dacula’s overall grade.
Founding era1892, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.0% of homes (±0.9) · typical GA town 3.8% · U.S. 8.4%D−National Register1 listing, 1.3 per 10,000 residents · typical GA town 10.0 · U.S. 2.4C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 19%
NewerOlder
Georgia towns of 2,500+ (263)Ahead of 24%

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 Dacula’s 1.3 sits near the middle of its state (38% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. The pre-1940 share (±0.9 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 Dacula’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 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Dacula’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo3 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewCSX tracks through Dacula GA during rar…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Dacula came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Dacula.

Read it all →

The Dacula area was originally within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Most of the land within the city's limits was ceded to the State of Georgia in the 1790 Treaty of New York after the Oconee Wars. The vicinity of Dacula was one of the first areas in northeast Georgia to be occupied by white European settlers (around the time of the War of 1812). The area remained mostly uncolonized until the late 20th century, in part, due to the remaining presence of the Cherokee Nation in portions of Gwinnett County. After settlers lobbied for the ethnic cleansing of the Nation, the Trail of Tears (through the Indian Removal Act) made it easier for Dacula and the unannexed portions of Gwinnett to be settled.

ChaptersMuscogee (Creek) NationChinquapin Grove1900s2000sThe Future of Dacula

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Dacula, 1879 to 2000

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879BuiltAlcovy Road Grist Mill is built
  3. 1892Post officeThe Dacula post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908Born hereRoba Stanley is born here
  6. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1986Born hereBrittany Rogers is born here
  8. 1994Born hereCorey Levin is born here
  9. 21st century
  10. 2000Born hereAndrew Booth Jr. is born here
By decade

Dacula, decade by decade

Date unknown3 to date
CSX tracks through Dacula GA during rare snowstormDate?CSX tracks through Dacula GA during rare snowstormDacula City HallDate?Dacula City HallDowntown Dacula GA in 2023Date?Downtown Dacula GA in 2023
Today10 recent
Downtown Dacula Circ 19002025Downtown Dacula Circ 1900Dacula City Core Project amphitheatre2025Dacula City Core Project amphitheatreDacula Aerial (Homes.com)2025Dacula Aerial (Homes.com)Harbins 3162024Harbins 316Dacula, GA. 19052024Dacula, GA. 19052nd Avenue20242nd Avenue2nd Avenue Historic Buildings20242nd Avenue Historic BuildingsHMLGCPL2022HMLGCPLElisha Winn House2014Elisha Winn HouseGAMap-doton-Dacula2005GAMap-doton-Dacula
On the map

Dacula on the map, 1964 to 1992

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

Dacula on the 1964 USGS mapDacula on the 1985 USGS mapDacula on the 1992 USGS map1964Lawrenceville 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 Dacula.

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.

CSX tracks through Dacula GA during rare snowstorm
Retake this viewCSX tracks through Dacula GA during rare snowstorm

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

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

1 historic place in Dacula

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1998
Alcovy Road Grist Mill
Alcovy Road Grist Mill, built 1879
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Utilitarian1
Alcovy Road Grist MillUtilitarian · Built 1879

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

People over time

Dacula, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,0005,5006,0006,5007,0007,50019001920194019601980200020206,882

Grew from 120 people in 1900 to 6,882 in 2020, more than tenfold.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Dacula’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

6 famous people were born in Dacula

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

See all →
Andrew Booth Jr.American football player · b. 2000
R
Roba StanleyAmerican country singer and musician · b. 1908
Corey LevinAmerican football player · b. 1994
B
Brittany RogersAmerican softball player · b. 1986
K
Kris MitchellAmerican football player
M
Memphis WoodAmerican artist · b. 1902
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Dacula’s post office has been open since 1892.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Robin Ridge
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Dacula
Dacula BaptistLoveless

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

Questions about Dacula’s history

What year was Dacula founded?

The Dacula post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Dacula rank for history?

Dacula is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns, #200 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 Dacula?

One place: the Alcovy Road Grist Mill (listed 1998).

How old are the homes in Dacula?

0.0% of Dacula’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1999.

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 (13), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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) 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.