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More historic than 24% of U.S. towns · #186 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Morrow was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1954 on, and the census since 1950.
Morrow dates its founding to 1846 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1950.
More historic than 24% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Morrow is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns, #186 of 263 in Georgia. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
Georgia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Georgia town has 10.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Morrow’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (16% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikipedia (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Morrow’s history is told.
Morrow’s post office has been open since 1894. Another post office, Morrow's Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveDixie line railroad re-location
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyFrom Wikipedia’s history of Morrow.
The community was named after Radford E. Morrow, the original owner of the town site. Morrow was founded in 1846 with the advent of the railroad into the area. It was incorporated as a city in 1943.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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2016Southlake Mall, Morrow, October 2016
2015National Archives at Atlanta
2015National Archives at Atlanta
2015Morrow, Georgia city hall
2013Morrow, GA 30260, USA
2005GAMap-doton-MorrowEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Morrow. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Morrow.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Morrow’s page.
Retake this view · +15Grew from 326 people in 1950 to 6,569 in 2020, more than tenfold.
8 censuses, 1950–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Morrow’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Morrow itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1846, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Morrow’s post office opened in 1871, and the census of 1950 counted 326 people here.
Morrow is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns, #186 of 263 in Georgia. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
0.0% of Morrow’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.1 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1971.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (12), 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.
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