Kingsland’s post office opened in 1894, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 27% of U.S. towns · #178 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Kingsland was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 6 buildings. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1918 on, and the census since 1910.
The Kingsland post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Scotchville (1897) and Kinlaw (1902), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 190 in 19102020 census: 18,337132 years
How historic is Kingsland?
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More historic than 27% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Kingsland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Kingsland’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Kingsland is more historic than 27% of U.S. towns, #178 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Kingsland’s overall grade.
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 Kingsland’s 3.1 sits near the middle of its state (40% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 6 historic buildings outnumber those of 72% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. The pre-1940 share (±1.1 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
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 →
What stands out about Kingsland’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Kingsland’s post office has been open since 1894. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Kingsland
1894–today
Scotchville
1897–1909
Kinlaw
1902–1920
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
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Gone or out of use
Allens MilllocaleCamden County Fire / Rescue Station 13buildingLongwood PlantationlocaleScotchville SchoolschoolWrights Plantationlocale
1cemetery inside Kingsland
Lawnwood
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kingsland’s history is told.
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Kingsland traces its origin to the arrival of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad (a predecessor of CSX Transportation) on Christmas Day 1893, which passed through property owned by the King family; the surrounding settlement became known as "Kings Land." Kingsland was platted in 1894 when the railroad was extended to that point, and named after William Henry King, the original owner of the site. The city was incorporated in 1908.
The growth of nearby Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, particularly after its 1980 designation as the Atlantic Fleet's homeport for Trident submarines, brought a sustained increase in population to Kingsland; the city established a planning and zoning department around 1985 to manage the resulting growth.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The Kingsland post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Kingsland rank for history?
Kingsland is more historic than 27% of U.S. towns, #178 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 Kingsland?
One place: the Kingsland Commercial Historic District (listed 1994).
How old are the homes in Kingsland?
0.9% of Kingsland’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 2000.
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 (7), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
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