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Hahira’s post office opened in 1852, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 31% of U.S. towns · #167 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it

Most of Hahira was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 18 buildings. Below: maps from 1974 on and the census since 1900.

1852first post office
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0.0%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Hahira began

When was Hahira founded?

1852

The Hahira post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 365 in 19002020 census: 3,384174 years

How historic is Hahira?

C

More historic than 31% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Hahira post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Hahira’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hahira is more historic than 31% of U.S. towns, #167 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Hahira’s overall grade.
Founding era1852, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.0% of homes (±1.0) · typical GA town 3.8% · U.S. 8.4%D−National Register1 listing, 18 historic buildings, 52.2 per 10,000 residents · typical GA town 10.0 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 31%
NewerOlder
Georgia towns of 2,500+ (263)Ahead of 37%

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 Hahira’s 52.2 sits above most of its state (66% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 18 historic buildings outnumber those of 79% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B. The pre-1940 share (±1.0 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 Hahira’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 Hahira are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hahira’s history is told.

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The story

How Hahira came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hahira.

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According to legend, the town of Hahira was named after a local cotton plantation. The planter was said to have named his estate after a West African village, Hairaairee, which was described to him by an English traveler. The name may be derived from Pi-HaHiroth, a place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. According to a local legend, the name originated with a locomotive engineer called Hira, who was hailed by friends with, "Hey, Hira."

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hahira, 1852 to 1983

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1852Post officeThe Hahira post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1940Born hereAlthea Garrison is born here
  5. 1953Born hereJerry Manuel is born here
  6. 1974On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1980Born hereLizz Wright is born here
  8. 1983Born hereStephen Drew is born here
By decade

Hahira, decade by decade

Today18 recent
NB Union Rd at GA 122 intersection, Hahira dashcam2025NB Union Rd at GA 122 intersection, Hahira dashcamNB South Church St Fire station road sign, Hahira dashcam2025NB South Church St Fire station road sign, Hahira das…NB South Church St 35mph Directional road sign for Hahira Police Dept dashcam2025NB South Church St 35mph Directional road sign for Ha…NB Old US41 Hahira city limits dashcam2025NB Old US41 Hahira city limits dashcamBee's Knees Creamery2025Bee's Knees CreameryHoneybee in Hahira Square2020Honeybee in Hahira SquareHahira Square entrance2020Hahira Square entranceHahira Caboose, SW corner2020Hahira Caboose, SW cornerHahira Caboose, SE corner2020Hahira Caboose, SE cornerHahira Caboose, NW corner2020Hahira Caboose, NW cornerHahira Caboose, NE corner2020Hahira Caboose, NE cornerHahira Caboose and Christmas Tree 20172017Hahira Caboose and Christmas Tree 2017Time Capsule2015Time CapsuleOrchard Heights Mobile Home Park marker2015Orchard Heights Mobile Home Park markerSalem Methodist Church, Cook County2014Salem Methodist Church, Cook CountyHahira Christmas Tree 20142014Hahira Christmas Tree 2014Hahira Business Park Water Tower2013Hahira Business Park Water TowerGAMap-doton-Hahira2005GAMap-doton-Hahira
On the map

Hahira on the map, 1974 to 1981

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

Hahira on the 1974 USGS mapHahira on the 1981 USGS map1974Hahira East 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 Hahira.

On the National Register

1 listing protects 18 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
18
each building in a district counts
first listed
2022
Hahira Commercial Historic District
Hahira Commercial Historic District
Districts
All 1 listings
Hahira Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2022

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Hahira, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,50019001920194019601980200020203,384

Grew from 365 people in 1900 to 3,384 in 2020, 9 times over.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

5 famous people were born in Hahira

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

See all →
Lizz WrightAmerican jazz and gospel singer · b. 1980
Stephen DrewAmerican baseball player · b. 1983
Althea GarrisonAmerican politician · b. 1940
Jerry ManuelAmerican baseball player, coach and manager · b. 1953
J
J. Morgan PuettAmerican artist · b. 1957

Questions about Hahira’s history

What year was Hahira founded?

The Hahira post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Hahira rank for history?

Hahira is more historic than 31% of U.S. towns, #167 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 Hahira?

One place: the Hahira Commercial Historic District (listed 2022).

How old are the homes in Hahira?

0.0% of Hahira’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 2004.

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (18), 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) 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.