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History · Jenkinsburg

Jenkinsburg’s post office opened in 1884, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1964 on, and the census since 1900.

1884first post office
0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Jenkinsburg’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Jenkinsburg began

When was Jenkinsburg founded?

1884

The Jenkinsburg post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 255 in 19002020 census: 391142 years
Founding year: the first Jenkinsburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Jenkinsburg’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Jenkinsburg’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo4 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewVIEW OF EAST APPROACH FACING WEST - But…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Jenkinsburg came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Jenkinsburg.

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The community was named after the Jenkins family, original owners of the town site.

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Jenkinsburg as a town in 1889.

The community was heavily damaged by an EF2 tornado on January 12, 2023. The tornado killed two people (one of which was indirect) and injured 10 others (the direct fatality occurred further to the northeast in Jackson Lake area while the indirect fatality occurred in Jasper County).

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Jenkinsburg, decade by decade

Date unknown4 to date
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Extensive tree damage near2023Extensive tree damage nearGAMap-doton-Jenkinsburg2005GAMap-doton-Jenkinsburg
On the map

Jenkinsburg on the map, 1964 to 1973

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

Jenkinsburg on the 1964 USGS mapJenkinsburg on the 1973 USGS map1964Locust Grove 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 Jenkinsburg.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

VIEW OF EAST APPROACH FACING WEST - Butts County Road 230 Bridge, Spanning Indian Creek on County Road 230
Retake this viewVIEW OF EAST APPROACH FACING WEST - Butts County Road 230 Bridge, Spanning Indian Creek on County Road 230

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Jenkinsburg’s page.

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People over time

Jenkinsburg, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 391

Between 166 and 391 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Jenkinsburg

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

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Dakota FanningAmerican actress and model · b. 1994
Holly HunterAmerican actress · b. 1958
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Elle FanningAmerican actress · b. 1998
Trisha YearwoodAmerican country singer · b. 1964
Doc HollidayGambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the America… · b. 1851
Wyomia TyusAmerican sprinter · b. 1945

Questions about Jenkinsburg’s history

What year was Jenkinsburg founded?

The Jenkinsburg post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (5), the Library of Congress (1), 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.