Most of Ludowici was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Its Register listings are the Long County Courthouse and the Ludowici Well Pavilion. Below: maps from 1943 on and the census since 1910.
The Ludowici post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Johnston Station (1858), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 541 in 19102020 census: 1,590121 years
How historic is Ludowici?
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More historic than 26% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Ludowici post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Ludowici’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Ludowici is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Ludowici’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 Ludowici’s 10.5 sits near the middle of its state (54% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% 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 is a Census survey estimate (±6.1 points). 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 Ludowici’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The city's origins dated to the 1840s when the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad established a stop referred to as "Four and a Half". The station was constructed across from the house of a landowner named Allen Johnston, leading people to call the surrounding settlement Johnston Station by the time of Johnston's death in 1859. In 1898 there was an effort to rename the area Liberty City to help distinguish it from other places with 'Johnston' in their names. In following years both names were used interchangeably.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Ludowici, census by census
Between 515 and 1,703 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ludowici’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Ludowici’s post office has been open since 1905. Another post office, Johnston Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Johnston Station
1858–1905
Ludowici
1905–today
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1cemetery inside Ludowici
Citizens
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Ludowici’s history
What year was Ludowici founded?
The Ludowici post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Ludowici rank for history?
Ludowici is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns. 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 Ludowici?
Two places: the Long County Courthouse (listed 1980) and the Ludowici Well Pavilion (1984).
How old are the homes in Ludowici?
6% of Ludowici’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.1 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1990.
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 (2), 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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