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History · Jeffersonville

Jeffersonville’s post office opened in 1849, and 3 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Jeffersonville was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968.

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How Jeffersonville began

When was Jeffersonville founded?

1849

The Jeffersonville post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Raine's Store (1828), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 977177 years
Founding year: the first Jeffersonville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Jeffersonville’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 Jeffersonville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1849: 177 years of Jeffersonville.
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Start Jeffersonville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jeffersonville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Timeline

Jeffersonville, 1828 to 1944

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Raine's Store post office opens
  3. 1848Born hereDudley Mays Hughes is born here
  4. 1849Post officeThe Raine's Store post office closes
  5. 1849Post officeThe Jeffersonville post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1944Born hereRobert Jones is born here
The story

How Jeffersonville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Jeffersonville.

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The city was named after the Jefferson family of settlers. Jeffersonville was named county seat in 1868, when the seat was transferred from Marion.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Jeffersonville, decade by decade

Today6 recent
The Pines2021The PinesConfederate memorial at Twiggs County Courthouse2018Confederate memorial at Twiggs County CourthouseConfederate soldier memorial and Twiggs County courthouse2015Confederate soldier memorial and Twiggs County courth…FEMA - 35391 - Community Relations team leader interviewed by media2008FEMA - 35391 - Community Relations team leader interv…FEMA - 35389 - Community Relations specialist talks to homeowner2008FEMA - 35389 - Community Relations specialist talks t…GAMap-doton-Jeffersonville2005GAMap-doton-Jeffersonville
On the National Register

3 listings protect 22 historic buildings

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

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
22
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Twiggs County Courthouse
Twiggs County CourthouseJohn Chapman PlantationPines, The
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Romanesque1
Greek Revival1
Twiggs County CourthouseRomanesque
John Chapman PlantationGreek Revival
All 3 listings
Pines, TheDistrict · listed 2021

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Jeffersonville

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

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Dudley Mays HughesAmerican politician · b. 1848
Robert JonesAmerican politician · b. 1944
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Jeffersonville’s post office has been open since 1849. Another post office, Raine's Store, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Raine's Store
1828–1849
Jeffersonville
1849–today
18201920today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jeffersonville
JeffersonvilleWimberly

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

Questions about Jeffersonville’s history

What year was Jeffersonville founded?

The Jeffersonville post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Jeffersonville?

Three places: the Twiggs County Courthouse (listed 1980), the John Chapman Plantation (1982) and the Pines, The (2021).

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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.