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Deepstep’s post office opened in 1886, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1910.

1886first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Deepstep began

When was Deepstep founded?

1886

The Deepstep post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 149 in 19102020 census: 117140 years
Founding year: the first Deepstep post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Deepstep’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Deepstep are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 184 in 1920; 117 people lived here in 2020.
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People over time

Deepstep, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 184

Peaked at 184 in 1920; 117 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Deepstep came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Deepstep.

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A post office called Deepstep was established in 1886. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1900 as the "Town of Deepstep". The town is named after Deepstep Creek.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Deepstep, 1886 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Deepstep post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 184
  5. 1954Post officeThe Deepstep post office closes
  6. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Deepstep, decade by decade

Today4 recent
United Methodist Church2008United Methodist ChurchDeepstep UMC2008Deepstep UMCCity Limits2008City LimitsGAMap-doton-Deepstep2005GAMap-doton-Deepstep
On the map

Deepstep on the map, 1961 to 1986

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

Deepstep on the 1961 USGS mapDeepstep on the 1986 USGS map1961Deepstep 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 Deepstep.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Deepstep had its own post office from 1886 to 1954.

Deepstep
1886–1954
18801950today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Deepstep
Deepstep United Methodist ChurchO'Quinn Family

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

Questions about Deepstep’s history

What year was Deepstep founded?

The Deepstep post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, 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.