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History · Johns Creek

Johns Creek dates to 2006, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 10% of U.S. towns · #236 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it

Most of Johns Creek was built recently: 0.2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Its Register listing is the Newtown Elementary School. Below: maps from 1956 on.

2006founded
1on the National Register
0.2%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Johns Creek began

When was Johns Creek founded?

2006

Johns Creek dates its founding to 2006 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1832.

2020 census: 82,45320 years

How historic is Johns Creek?

D

More historic than 10% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1832.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Johns Creek’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Johns Creek is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns, #236 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

D
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Johns Creek’s overall grade.
Founding era2006, from Wikidata: founded 1945 or later, an older era than 2% of U.S. townsD−Homes built before 19400.2% of homes (±0.2) · typical GA town 3.8% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register1 listing, 3 historic buildings, 0.4 per 10,000 residents · typical GA town 10.0 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 10%
NewerOlder
Georgia towns of 2,500+ (263)Ahead of 10%

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 Johns Creek’s 0.4 sits below most of its state (34% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 3 historic buildings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 2006.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. The pre-1940 share (±0.2 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: Wikidata (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 →

What stands out about Johns Creek’s past

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

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Johns Creek, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Johns Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Warsaw
1832–1907
Sheltonville
1848–1907
Newton
1854–1860
Concord
1860–1866
Ocee
1889–1905
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
NewtownOceeShake RagWarsaw
Gone or out of use
Waters Ferrycrossing
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Johns Creek
RogersWarsaw

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

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Start Johns Creek’s collection

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

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The story

How Johns Creek came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Johns Creek.

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In the early 19th century, the Johns Creek area was dotted with trading posts along the Chattahoochee River in what was then Cherokee territory. The Cherokee Nation at the time was a confederacy of agrarian villages led by a chief. After European settlement, the Cherokee developed an alphabet, and a legislature and judiciary system patterned after the American model.

Some trading posts gradually became crossroads communities where pioneer families – Rogers, McGinnis, Findley, Buice, Cowart, Medlock and others – gathered to visit and sell their crops.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Johns Creek, 1832 to 2006

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1832Post officeThe Warsaw post office opens
  3. 1848Post officeThe Sheltonville post office opens
  4. 1854Post officeThe Newton post office opens
  5. 1860Post officeThe Newton post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1907Post officeThe Warsaw post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Sheltonville post office closes
  9. 1929BuiltNewtown Elementary School is built
  10. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 1992Born hereDavid Andrews is born here
  12. 1998Born hereTommy Tremble is born here
  13. 21st century
  14. 2006
    FoundingJohns Creek is established
By decade

Johns Creek, decade by decade

Today11 recent
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On the map

Johns Creek on the map, 1956 to 1992

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

Johns Creek on the 1956 USGS mapJohns Creek on the 1968 USGS mapJohns Creek on the 1985 USGS mapJohns Creek on the 1992 USGS map1956Duluth 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 Johns Creek.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Johns Creek

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
2006
Newtown Elementary School
Newtown Elementary School, built 1929
Buildings
Newtown Elementary SchoolBuilt 1929

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 Johns Creek

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

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David AndrewsAmerican football player · b. 1992
Tommy TrembleAmerican football tight end · b. 1998
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Alpharetta1 historic placeC−Roswell6 historic placesB−Duluth1 historic placeC

Questions about Johns Creek’s history

What year was Johns Creek founded?

In 2006, according to Wikidata. Johns Creek’s post office opened in 1832.

How does Johns Creek rank for history?

Johns Creek is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns, #236 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.

What is on the National Register in Johns Creek?

One place: the Newtown Elementary School (listed 2006).

How old are the homes in Johns Creek?

0.2% of Johns Creek’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1995.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (11), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.