More historic than 11% of U.S. towns · #227 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Evans was built recently: 0.1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. Below: maps from 1921 on and the census since 1990.
The Evans post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Sneads (1915), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 12,220 in 19902020 census: 34,536144 years
How historic is Evans?
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More historic than 11% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Evans post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Evans’ History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Evans is more historic than 11% of U.S. towns, #227 of 263 in Georgia. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Evans’ 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 Evans’ 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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±0.2 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 Evans’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Evans’s post office has been open since 1882. Another post office, Sneads, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Evans
1882–today
Sneads
1915–1917
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Calloway WoodsCamelotChimney HillCountry PlaceCreek ViewDeerwood AcresDeerwood EstatesEvanstonFernbrookGlennwoodIdylwildeJamaica EstatesLake Cumberland WestPinewoodShady Grove EstatesShenandoah WoodsSneadStevens Creek WestWestportWhispering Pine Mobile Home ParkWoodbridge
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Evans’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Evans’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Evans. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1921Clarks Hill sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Evans.
The story so far
Evans, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Evans yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Evans is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, Georgia, United States. It is a suburb of Augusta and is part of the Augusta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, Evans had a population of 34,536. Evans is the de facto county seat of Columbia County, although Appling still holds the de jure designation. The Columbia County Government Center, the Government Complex Addition, and the Columbia County Courthouse Annex are all located in Evans.
Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 29,011 to 34,536 (+19%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Evans, 1882 to 1995
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Evans post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Evans rank for history?
Evans is more historic than 11% of U.S. towns, #227 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.
How old are the homes in Evans?
0.1% of Evans’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 2000.
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 (7), 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.
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