The story
Read it all →How Marshallville came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Marshallville.
Marshallville was founded in the 1820s. It was incorporated as a town in 1854 and as a city in 1953.
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History · Marshallville
Marshallville’s post office opened in 1839, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940
5 places in town are on the National Register, among them three historic districts with 84 buildings between them. Below: 10 old photos and papers, maps from 1922 on, and the census since 1870.
1839first post office
5on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
10old photos & papers
2famous people
Quick answers
How Marshallville began
When was Marshallville founded?
1839
The Marshallville post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Marthaville (1851), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 424 in 18702020 census: 1,048187 years
Founding year: the first Marshallville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Marshallville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · On the National Register
5 listings protect 91 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
5
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
91
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
East Main Street Residential District
BuildingsDistricts
Architectural styles listings
Greek Revival2
Victorian2
Neo-Classical2
Gothic2
Victorian Commercial1
Italianate1
All 5 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Marshallville, census by census
Peaked at 1,540 in 1980; 1,048 people lived here in 2020.
16 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Marshallville’s Wikipedia page.
Timeline
Marshallville, 1839 to 1980
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1839Post officeThe Marshallville post office opens
- 1851Post officeThe Marthaville post office opens
- 1853Post officeThe Marthaville post office closes
- 1892Born hereJohn Donald Wade is born here
- 1894Born hereEmory Richardson is born here
- 20th century
- 1900
In the archiveMarshallville, GA-- where Georgia peaches Sstarted-- a winter flower garden - 1937
In the archivePlantation owner's home. Marshallville, Georgia - 1940
In the archiveGeorgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton County (part) - 1972
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 1,540
By decade
Marshallville, decade by decade
3 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1900s5 items
1900
1900
1900
19001930s–1940s3 items
19371950s–1990snothing yet
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.
Add from your albumDate unknown2 to date
Date?
Date?
2026
2005On the map
Marshallville on the map in 1972
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Marshallville.
1972Marshallville sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Marshallville.
Every building
Marshallville, building by building, 1922
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.
1922Sheet 1 of 4BrickWoodStone
Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewPlantation owner's home. Marshallville, Georgia, 1937
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Marshallville’s page.
Retake this view · +15Famous people
See all →2 famous people were born in Marshallville
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Marshallville’s post office has been open since 1839. Another post office, Marthaville, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Marshallville
Marthaville
18301930today
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Marshallville
First Baptist ChurchMarshallville ChurchSaint James Christian Church
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Finish Marshallville’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
3 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Questions about Marshallville’s history
What year was Marshallville founded?
The Marshallville post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Marshallville?
5 listings: 2 buildings and 3 historic districts, the East Main Street Residential District, the Marshallville Commercial District and the West Main Street Residential District, with 84 contributing buildings. 91 historic buildings in all.
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (10), the Library of Congress (2), the National Register of Historic Places (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), 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.