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More historic than 32% of U.S. towns · #163 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Hoschton was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2012. Its Register listings are the Hillcrest-Allen Clinic and Hospital and the Hoschton Depot. Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1964 on, and the census since 1890.
The Hoschton post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1881. Another post office, Hosch's Store (1878), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
More historic than 32% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hoschton is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns, #163 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 Hoschton’s 17.6 sits near the middle of its state (58% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 8 historic buildings outnumber those of 74% of U.S. towns.
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 →
From Wikipedia’s history of Hoschton.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the city in 1891 as the Town of Hoschton. The community was named after Russell A. Hosch, a local merchant.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereJoseph A. Boyd, Jr. is born here
In the archiveHABS GA,7- ,1- (sheet 0 of 2) - Cochran Log House
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyOne decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1933HABS GA,7- ,1- (sheet 0 of 2) - Cochran Log House
1933HABS GA,7- ,1- (sheet 0 of 2) - Cochran Log House
1933HABS GA,7- ,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Cochran Log House
1933HABS GA,7- ,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Cochran Log House
1933HABS GA,7- ,1- (sheet 2 of 2) - Cochran Log House
1933HABS GA,7- ,1- (sheet 2 of 2) - Cochran Log HouseEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hoschton. 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 Hoschton.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Hoschton’s page.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Grew from 207 people in 1890 to 2,666 in 2020, more than tenfold.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hoschton’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Hoschton’s post office has been open since 1878. Another post office, Hosch's Store, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Hoschton post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1881.
Hoschton is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns, #163 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.
Two places: the Hillcrest-Allen Clinic and Hospital (listed 1985) and the Hoschton Depot (2000).
0.9% of Hoschton’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.1 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 2012.
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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.
