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History · Milstead

Milstead’s post office opened in 1904, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1964 on.

1904first post office
0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Milstead’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Milstead began

When was Milstead founded?

1904

The Milstead post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 628122 years
Founding year: the first Milstead post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Milstead’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Milstead’s homes were built before 1950.
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Start Milstead’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Milstead’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewWhat say teachers? "A howling success" …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Milstead, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Milstead yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Milstead is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Rockdale County, Georgia, United States. It is bordered to the south by the city of Conyers, the county seat, and to the north by the Yellow River. The 2020 census listed a population of 628.

Its first post office opened in 1904.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Milstead, 1904 to 1964

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1904Post officeThe Milstead post office opens
  3. 1923In the archiveWhat say teachers? "A howling success" At Milstead, Ga., a class in Home Hygiene and Care…
  4. 1963Post officeThe Milstead post office closes
  5. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Milstead, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s1 item
What say teachers? "A howling success" At Milstead, Ga., a class in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick composed entirely…1923What say teachers? "A howling success" At Milstead, G…
1930s–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.
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On the map

Milstead on the map, 1964 to 1993

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

Milstead on the 1964 USGS mapMilstead on the 1985 USGS mapMilstead on the 1993 USGS map1964Milstead 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 Milstead.

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.

What say teachers? "A howling success" At Milstead, Ga., a class in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick composed entirely…
Retake this viewWhat say teachers? "A howling success" At Milstead, Ga., a class in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick composed entirely…, 1923

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Milstead’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Milstead

Nobody well known was born in Milstead itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dakota FanningAmerican actress and model · b. 1994
Holly HunterAmerican actress · b. 1958
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Elle FanningAmerican actress · b. 1998
Keri HilsonAmerican R&B singer · b. 1982
Michael StipeAmerican musician · b. 1960
Frances ConroyAmerican actress · b. 1953
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Milstead had its own post office from 1904 to 1963.

Milstead
1904–1963
19001960today

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Conyers4 historic placesB

Questions about Milstead’s history

What year was Milstead founded?

The Milstead post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 the Library of Congress (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.