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History · Juliette

Half of Juliette’s homes were built after 1989

Most of Juliette was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1923 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Juliette’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 Juliette are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Juliette.
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Start Juliette’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Brownsville
1831–1839
Iceberg
1879–1883
18301930today
Gone or out of use
Glover FerrycrossingJuliette Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Juliette
Juliette United Methodist Church

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

The story so far

Juliette, in brief

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

Juliette is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County, Georgia, United States. The community is part of the Macon metropolitan statistical area. Named for Juliette McCracken, daughter of a railroad engineer, the town formed with the merging of Brownsville and Iceberg. The film Fried Green Tomatoes was filmed there, and the town has been the focal point of three popular Southern humor books. After the filming of Fried Green Tomatoes, the sets used for the town's main street were renovated into a tourist district, complete with a fully operational "Whistle Stop Cafe". Other movie productions set in Juliette were Cockfighter (1974) starring Warren Oates, A …

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

Timeline

Juliette, 1831 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1831Post officeThe Brownsville post office opens
  3. 1839Post officeThe Brownsville post office closes
  4. 1879Post officeThe Iceberg post office opens
  5. 1883Post officeThe Iceberg post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Juliette, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Braconid Wasp - Alabagrus texanus, Ocmulgee boat ramp2012Braconid Wasp - Alabagrus texanus, Ocmulgee boat rampBlack and Yellow Argiope - Argiope aurantia, Ocmulgee boat ramp2012Black and Yellow Argiope - Argiope aurantia, Ocmulgee…Window at the Whistlestop.7602007Window at the Whistlestop.760Schererplant2007SchererplantFried green tomatoes and pulled pork2007Fried green tomatoes and pulled porkFried Green Tomorrows documentary poster2006Fried Green Tomorrows documentary poster
On the map

Juliette on the map, 1951 to 1973

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

Juliette on the 1951 USGS mapJuliette on the 1973 USGS map1951Forsyth 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 Juliette.

Every building

Juliette, building by building, 1923

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Juliette fire insurance map, 1923, sheet 11923Sheet 1 of 1
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Famous people

Famous people close to Juliette

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

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Alice WalkerAmerican author and activist · b. 1944
John PembertonAmerican pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola · b. 1831
Trisha YearwoodAmerican country singer · b. 1964
Doc HollidayGambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the America… · b. 1851
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Alfred BlalockAmerican surgeon · b. 1899
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William FieldsAmerican rower · b. 1929

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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 (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.