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More historic than 10% of U.S. towns · #232 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Loganville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1896 on, and the census since 1880.
The Loganville post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Buncombe (1850), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
More historic than 10% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Loganville is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns, #232 of 263 in Georgia. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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 Loganville’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (16% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Loganville’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Loganville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Loganville.
From Wikipedia’s history of Loganville.
An early variant name was "Buncombe". It was then renamed after James Harvie Logan, an early settler.
During the American Civil War Union cavalry passed through Loganville during an expedition known as Garrard's Cavalry Raid. The encounter is commemorated by a historical marker.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Loganville as a town in 1887.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereCharles Hillyer Brand is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveGeorgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton County (part)
Born hereWayne Gallman is born hereOne decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Loganville’s page.
Retake this view · +15Grew from 242 people in 1880 to 14,127 in 2020, more than tenfold.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Loganville’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Loganville’s post office has been open since 1851. Another post office, Buncombe, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Loganville post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Loganville is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns, #232 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.
0.0% of Loganville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 2004.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (5), 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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