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More historic than 10% of U.S. towns · #231 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Euharlee was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1906 on and the census since 1880.
The Euharlee post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1976.
More historic than 10% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Euharlee is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns, #231 of 263 in Georgia. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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 Euharlee’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.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Euharlee’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Euharlee.
Euharlee was originally called Burge's Mill by settlers as early as the 1840s. The town was incorporated as Euharlee by the General Assembly of Georgia on September 16, 1870. "Euharlee" is a name derived from the Cherokee language, meaning "she laughs as she runs", referring to the sound of the Euharlee Creek.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
2025Militia No 851 District Court House
2025Lowry Grist Mill ruins
2025Harris Five Forks Groceries
2025Euharlee Presbyterian Church
2025Euharlee Baptist Church
2025Euharlee Baptist Church Cemetery
2025Dollar General
2023Euharlee Welcome Center & History Museum
2023Euharlee Presbyterian Cemetery
2023Euharlee Presbyterian Cemetery panorama
2023Emmie Nelson Public Library
2019Etowah River in Euharlee, GA April 2019
2017Lowry Grist Mill ruins, Euharlee FEb 2017
2017Covered Bridge Road, Euharlee, GA Feb 2017
2015Euharlee, Georgia city hall
2015Euharlee Creek near Euharlee, May 2015
2005GAMap-doton-EuharleeEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Euharlee. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Euharlee.
Grew from 24 people in 1880 to 4,268 in 2020, more than tenfold.
7 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Euharlee’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Euharlee itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Euharlee had its own post office from 1850 to 1915.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Euharlee post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1976.
Euharlee is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns, #231 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.
0.0% of Euharlee’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.0 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1996.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (17), 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.
