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History · Midville

Midville’s post office opened in 1845, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1974 on and the census since 1880.

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How Midville began

When was Midville founded?

1845

The Midville post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Millville (1819), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 152 in 18802020 census: 385181 years
Founding year: the first Midville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Midville’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 Midville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 985 in 1920; 385 people lived here in 2020.Deep rootsA post office since 1845: 181 years of Midville.Old housesHalf of Midville’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Midville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Midville, census by census

02004006008001,00018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 985

Peaked at 985 in 1920; 385 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Timeline

Midville, 1819 to 1974

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1819Post officeThe Millville post office opens
  3. 1823Post officeThe Millville post office closes
  4. 1845Post officeThe Midville post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1913Born hereTedi Thurman is born here
  7. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 985
  8. 1974On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Midville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Midville.

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The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Midville as a town in 1877. The community was so named on account of its central location between Macon and Savannah.

Murphree Cemetery contains the grave of John Murphree (1735–1798), who served with John Collier's regiment of North Carolina militia. His son, Mills, was interred beside him upon his death in 1815, aged 59. Benjamin Brack (1763–1827), another private, is buried in Brack Cemetery at the former Brack plantation near Midville.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Midville on the map, 1974 to 1981

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

Midville on the 1974 USGS mapMidville on the 1981 USGS map1974Midville 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 Midville.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Midville’s post office has been open since 1845. Another post office, Millville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Millville
1819–1823
Midville
1845–today
18101920today
1cemetery inside Midville
Midville City

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

Questions about Midville’s history

What year was Midville founded?

The Midville post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.