Dallas’ post office opened in 1852, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 29% of U.S. towns · #173 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Dallas was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2002. Its Register listing is the Paulding County Courthouse. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1895 on, and the census since 1880.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Dallas is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns, #173 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 Dallas’ 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 Dallas’ 0.7 sits below most of its state (35% 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 C− to C. The pre-1940 share (±2.5 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata’s 1854 falls in the same era, so the grade doesn’t depend on which one is used.
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 Dallas’ 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.
The area in and around Dallas was originally held by the Muscogee people, but they eventually lost their land in battle to the Cherokee in 1755. The area became a crossroads for the Cherokee who lived in the area.
When gold was discovered in Georgia in 1828, it began what was known as the Georgia Gold Rush. Paulding County was soon separated into 40-acre "gold lots" during the Gold Lottery of 1832 and people came from other parts of Georgia and other states to seek gold. The settlers found little gold in the area, with only small amounts being found in mines at Lost Mountain. Many settlers began using their parcels of land to grow crops instead.
The Dallas post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1854.
How does Dallas rank for history?
Dallas is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns, #173 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 Dallas?
One place: the Paulding County Courthouse (listed 1980).
How old are the homes in Dallas?
5% of Dallas’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.5 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 2002.
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 (12), 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), 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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