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History · Homeland

Homeland’s post office opened in 1907

Most of Homeland was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: maps from 1918 on and the census since 1910.

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Quick answers

How Homeland began

When was Homeland founded?

1907

The Homeland post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 114 in 19102020 census: 886119 years
Founding year: the first Homeland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Homeland’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 Homeland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19184 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1994. Watch Homeland change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Homeland’s history is told.

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On the map

Homeland on the map, 1918 to 1994

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

Homeland on the 1918 USGS mapHomeland on the 1966 USGS mapHomeland on the 1981 USGS mapHomeland on the 1994 USGS map1918Folkston 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 Homeland.

The story so far

Homeland, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Homeland yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Homeland is a city in Charlton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 886 in 2020.

Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 910 to 886 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Homeland, 1907 to 1950

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907Post officeThe Homeland post office opens
  3. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1950Post officeThe Homeland post office closes
By decade

Homeland, decade by decade

Today4 recent
US Highway 1 - Georgia2013US Highway 1 - GeorgiaUS Highway 1 - Georgia2013US Highway 1 - GeorgiaUS Highway 1 - Georgia2013US Highway 1 - GeorgiaGAMap-doton-Homeland2005GAMap-doton-Homeland
People over time

Homeland, census by census

02004006008001,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 981

Between 114 and 981 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Homeland

Nobody well known was born in Homeland itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Nikki DeLoachAmerican actress and singer · b. 1979
Pernell RobertsAmerican actor and singer · b. 1928
Derrick HenryAmerican football player · b. 1994
Courtney WilliamsAmerican basketball player (born May 1994) · b. 1994
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Caroline Pafford MillerAmerican writer · b. 1903
Ernest JonesAmerican football linebacker · b. 1999
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Homeland had its own post office from 1907 to 1950.

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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Homeland’s history

What year was Homeland founded?

The Homeland post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.