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History · Maxeys

38% of Maxeys’ homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 84 buildings. Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1880.

2on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Maxeys’ 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 Maxeys are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe Maxeys Historic District takes in 84 historic buildings.Boom and bustPeaked at 356 in 1920; 198 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Maxeys.
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On the National Register

2 listings protect 88 historic buildings

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

places listed
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2017
Durham Place
Durham PlaceMaxeys Historic District
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Maxeys Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2022

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

People over time

Maxeys, census by census

010020030018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 356

Peaked at 356 in 1920; 198 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

The story

How Maxeys came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Maxeys.

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The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Maxeys as a town in 1907. The town is named after the Maxeys family, early settlers.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Maxeys, 1842 to 1971

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1842Post officeThe Salmonvile post office opens
  3. 1850Post officeThe Salmonvile post office closes
  4. 1850Post officeThe Maxey post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 356
  7. 1957Post officeThe Maxey post office closes
  8. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Maxeys, decade by decade

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On the map

Maxeys on the map, 1971 to 1980

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

Maxeys on the 1971 USGS mapMaxeys on the 1980 USGS map1971Maxeys 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 Maxeys.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Salmonvile
1842–1850
Maxey
1850–1957
18401930today

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

Questions about Maxeys’ history

What is on the National Register in Maxeys?

Two places: the Durham Place (listed 2017) and the Maxeys Historic District (2022).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (1), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, 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.