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Hoboken’s post office opened in 1875

Most of Hoboken was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1930.

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How Hoboken began

When was Hoboken founded?

1875

The Hoboken post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 398 in 19302020 census: 480151 years
Founding year: the first Hoboken post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hoboken’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 Hoboken 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 Hoboken’s history is told.

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How Hoboken came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hoboken.

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The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the City of Hoboken in 1920. Hoboken served as the first county seat of Brantley County from the county's formation in 1920 until 1923 when the seat was transferred to Nahunta.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Hoboken, decade by decade

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City Hall & Police Dept in2021City Hall & Police Dept inBuilding in2021Building inHumble local-history mural, produced in the memory of Robert Page by his family2017Humble local-history mural, produced in the memory of…Old Coca-Cola sign with some local identification2017Old Coca-Cola sign with some local identificationPalm St, Hoboken RR Crossing looking WSW2013Palm St, Hoboken RR Crossing looking WSWPalm St, Hoboken RR Crossing looking ENE2013Palm St, Hoboken RR Crossing looking ENEMilitary Memorial2013Military MemorialMilitary Marker2013Military MarkerHoboken, Palm St RR Crossing2013Hoboken, Palm St RR CrossingHoboken Water Tower2013Hoboken Water TowerHoboken Volunteer Fire Department2013Hoboken Volunteer Fire DepartmentHoboken Elementary School2013Hoboken Elementary SchoolHoboken Elementary School Marker2013Hoboken Elementary School MarkerHoboken City Hall Police Department2013Hoboken City Hall Police DepartmentGAMap-doton-Hoboken2005GAMap-doton-Hoboken
On the map

Hoboken on the map, 1967 to 1988

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

Hoboken on the 1967 USGS mapHoboken on the 1978 USGS mapHoboken on the 1988 USGS map1967Hoboken West 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 Hoboken.

People over time

Hoboken, census by census

010020030040050060019401960198020002020Peak: 552

Between 386 and 552 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Questions about Hoboken’s history

What year was Hoboken founded?

The Hoboken post office opened in 1875, 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 (13), the Library of Congress (2), 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.