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History · Moreland

Moreland’s post office opened in 1888, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the W. A. Brannon Store-Moreland Knitting Mills. Below: maps from 1965 on and the census since 1900.

1888first post office
1on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
3famous people
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Quick answers

How Moreland began

When was Moreland founded?

1888

The Moreland post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Puckett Station (1876), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 229 in 19002020 census: 382138 years
Founding year: the first Moreland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Moreland’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 Moreland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moreland’s history is told.

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The story

How Moreland came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Moreland.

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The town of Moreland traces back to the community of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church. This church was built in 1843 for the farmers who had mostly come to this area as part of the Georgia Land Lottery of 1827. Upon the arrival of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad in 1852, the center of this community shifted southward. It had a wood and water stop for trains and was called Puckett Station.

The construction of a train station in 1888 was the event that led to the formation of the present town. The community was renamed Moreland on September 1, 1888, and incorporated on December 28, 1888. The town was laid out with the train station at its center and the boundaries extending one half mile in every direction to form a circular shape.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Moreland, 1876 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Puckett Station post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Puckett Station post office closes
  4. 1888Post officeThe Moreland post office opens
  5. 1892Born hereAlbert Sidney Camp is born here
  6. 1897Born hereRobert D. Knapp is born here
  7. 20th century
  8. 1903Born hereErskine Caldwell is born here
  9. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Moreland, decade by decade

Today6 recent
The First Baptist Church2017The First Baptist ChurchMoreland Welcome Center2016Moreland Welcome CenterFirst Baptist Church of2016First Baptist Church ofErskine Caldwell museum2016Erskine Caldwell museumCureton & Cole store2016Cureton & Cole storeGAMap-doton-Moreland2005GAMap-doton-Moreland
On the map

Moreland on the map, 1965 to 1973

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

Moreland on the 1965 USGS mapMoreland on the 1973 USGS map1965Newnan South 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 Moreland.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Moreland

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

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each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
W. A. Brannon Store-Moreland Knitting Mills
W. A. Brannon Store-Moreland Knitting Mills
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All 1 listings
W. A. Brannon Store-Moreland Knitting MillsBuilding · listed 1985

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

People over time

Moreland, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 399

Between 229 and 399 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Moreland

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Erskine CaldwellAmerican novelist, short story writer, travel w… · b. 1903
Albert Sidney CampLawyer and politician · b. 1892
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Robert D. KnappUnited States general · b. 1897
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Moreland’s post office has been open since 1888. Another post office, Puckett Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Puckett Station
1876–1888
Moreland
1888–today
18701950today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Moreland
FoundersSouthview

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

Questions about Moreland’s history

What year was Moreland founded?

The Moreland post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Moreland?

One place: the W. A. Brannon Store-Moreland Knitting Mills (listed 1985).

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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 (5), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.