Most of Deenwood was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1950.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Deenwood is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Deenwood’s 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 Deenwood’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (16% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% 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 (±3.7 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 Deenwood’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Peaked at 3,580 in 1980; 2,207 people lived here in 2020.
8 censuses, 1950–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Deenwood’s Wikipedia page.
The story so far
Deenwood, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Deenwood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Deenwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Ware County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,207 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Waycross micropolitan statistical area. Deenwood Baptist Church is named after this geographical area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,146 to 2,207 (+3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Deenwood, 1913 to 1980
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Deenwood is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns. 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.
How old are the homes in Deenwood?
4% of Deenwood’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.7 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1982.
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 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.
