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History · Lilburn

Lilburn dates to 1890, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 20% of U.S. towns · #196 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it

Most of Lilburn was built recently: 0.5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Its Register listing is the Thomas Wynne House. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1930.

1890founded
1on the National Register
0.5%homes built before 1940
13famous people
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Quick answers

How Lilburn began

When was Lilburn founded?

1890

Lilburn dates its founding to 1890 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 179 in 19302020 census: 14,502136 years

How historic is Lilburn?

C−

More historic than 20% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1892.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Lilburn’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lilburn is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #196 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 Lilburn’s overall grade.
Founding era1890, from Wikidata: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.5% of homes (±0.7) · typical GA town 3.8% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register1 listing, 0.6 per 10,000 residents · typical GA town 10.0 · U.S. 2.4C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 20%
NewerOlder
Georgia towns of 2,500+ (263)Ahead of 26%

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 Lilburn’s 0.6 sits below most of its state (35% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% 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 (±0.7 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1890.

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 Lilburn’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 Lilburn are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 hamlets and corners are still on the map.Famous sons and daughtersSean Johnson, Juan Pablo Torres and 11 more were born here.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Lilburn’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lilburn’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

Old corners and burying grounds

Lilburn’s post office has been open since 1892.

Hamlets and corners on the map
ChoiceFlemingSarann WoodsStoneview Acres
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lilburn
Camp CreekMemorial GardensWayne

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

Famous people

13 famous people were born in Lilburn

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

See all →
Sean JohnsonAmerican soccer player · b. 1989
J
Juan Pablo TorresAmerican soccer player · b. 1999
B
Blake BrettschneiderAmerican soccer player · b. 1989
I
Isaiah WilkinsAmerican basketball player · b. 1995
Aljami DurhamAmerican basketball player · b. 1998
A
Ainsley BattlesAmerican football player · b. 1978
The story

How Lilburn came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lilburn.

Read it all →

The city of Lilburn was founded in 1890 by the Seaboard Air Line Railway. The area previously known as "McDaniel" was renamed "Lilburn" after the general superintendent of the railroad, Lilburn Trigg Myers of Virginia. The town was incorporated as Lilburn on July 27, 1910.

A devastating fire and hard economic times in the 1920s ended the prosperity. A revitalization of the original historic area has emerged with shopping and restaurants in the Old Town district which has been described as a "slice of history."

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lilburn, 1890 to 1999

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890
    FoundingLilburn is established
  3. 1892Post officeThe Lilburn post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1989Born hereSean Johnson is born here
  7. 1989Born hereBlake Brettschneider is born here
  8. 1995Born hereIsaiah Wilkins is born here
  9. 1999Born hereJuan Pablo Torres is born here
By decade

Lilburn, decade by decade

Today18 recent
BerkmarMS-RightHallway20242024BerkmarMS-RightHallway2024BerkmarMS-LeftHallway20242024BerkmarMS-LeftHallway2024Meeting at BHS2017Meeting at BHSMeeting 2 At BHS2017Meeting 2 At BHSLilburn roundabout, March 20172017Lilburn roundabout, March 2017Lilburn City Hall, March 20172017Lilburn City Hall, March 20179HN washouse20179HN washouse7HN Hudson Nash Barn20177HN Hudson Nash Barn5HN slave cabin and barn20175HN slave cabin and barnLilburn, GA 30047, USA2014Lilburn, GA 30047, USALilburn, GA 30047, USA - panoramio (3)2014Lilburn, GA 30047, USA - panoramio (3)Lilburn, GA 30047, USA - panoramio (2)2014Lilburn, GA 30047, USA - panoramio (2)Lilburn, GA 30047, USA - panoramio (1)2014Lilburn, GA 30047, USA - panoramio (1)FEMA - 42144 - Mitigation Display at Home Supply Store2009FEMA - 42144 - Mitigation Display at Home Supply StoreFEMA - 42076 - IA Interview at Gwinnett DRC2009FEMA - 42076 - IA Interview at Gwinnett DRCFEMA - 42075 - Mitigation Interview at Gwinnett DRC2009FEMA - 42075 - Mitigation Interview at Gwinnett DRCFEMA - 42074 - Gwinnett County DRC2009FEMA - 42074 - Gwinnett County DRCFEMA - 42073 - Gwinnett County DRC2009FEMA - 42073 - Gwinnett County DRC
On the map

Lilburn on the map, 1956 to 1992

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

Lilburn on the 1956 USGS mapLilburn on the 1968 USGS mapLilburn on the 1973 USGS mapLilburn on the 1992 USGS map1956Norcross 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 Lilburn.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Lilburn

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1977
Thomas Wynne House
Thomas Wynne House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Victorian1
Thomas Wynne HouseGreek Revival

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

People over time

Lilburn, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,0001940196019802000202014,502

Grew from 179 people in 1930 to 14,502 in 2020, more than tenfold.

8 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Mountain ParkIts storyD−

Questions about Lilburn’s history

What year was Lilburn founded?

In 1890, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Lilburn’s post office opened in 1892, and the census of 1930 counted 179 people here.

How does Lilburn rank for history?

Lilburn is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #196 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 Lilburn?

One place: the Thomas Wynne House (listed 1977).

How old are the homes in Lilburn?

0.5% of Lilburn’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1988.

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 (18), 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.