Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 60% of U.S. towns · #87 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 5 buildings. Below: maps from 1939 on and the census since 1980.
More historic than 60% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hannahs Mill is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns, #87 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold 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 Hannahs Mill’s 15.5 sits near the middle of its state (57% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 5 historic buildings outnumber those of 70% of U.S. towns.
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 →
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 Hannahs Mill’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hannahs Mill yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Hannahs Mill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Upson County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hannahs Mill had a population of 3,121.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,298 to 3,121 (-5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hannahs Mill. 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 Hannahs Mill.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 2,616 and 3,298 people in every census since 1980.
4 censuses, 1980–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hannahs Mill’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Hannahs Mill itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Hannahs Mill is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns, #87 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.
One place: the Rose Hill Mill and House (listed 1980).
10% of Hannahs Mill’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.7 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1979.
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 (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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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