Moultrie’s post office opened in 1857, and 7 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 46% of U.S. towns · #122 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Moultrie was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. 7 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 61 buildings. Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1899 on, and the census since 1900.
The Moultrie post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1879. Two smaller post offices, Ochlockney (1851) and Sunset (1901), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 2,221 in 19002020 census: 14,638169 years
How historic is Moultrie?
B−
More historic than 46% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Moultrie post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1879.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Moultrie’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Moultrie is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns, #122 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Moultrie’s overall grade.
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 Moultrie’s 46.6 sits above most of its state (66% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 68 historic buildings outnumber those of 87% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. The pre-1940 share (±1.7 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata’s 1879 falls in the same era, so the grade doesn’t depend on which one is used.
Founding year: the first post office (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 →
What stands out about Moultrie’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Moultrie’s post office has been open since 1857. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Ochlockney
1851–1857
Moultrie
1857–today
Sunset
1901–1911
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GanorKirkwoodSunset
Gone or out of use
Church of GodchurchColquitt County Training SchoolschoolMoultrie High SchoolschoolMoultrie Junior High SchoolschoolNorth End Public SchoolschoolUnity Baptist Churchchurch
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Moultrie
Pinecrest Memory GardenSaint James PallbearersStrong Memorial GardensWestview
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Every building
Moultrie, building by building, 1899–1920
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
The city was named after Gen. William Moultrie, the Revolutionary War hero after whom Fort Moultrie was named following the successful defense of Charleston, South Carolina, against the British under Peter Parker, an anniversary subsequently celebrated as Carolina Day.
Colquitt County became the 115th county in Georgia by an act of the Legislature on February 25, 1856. It was named after Walter Terry Colquitt, a minister, slave owner, statesman, and lawyer who was a military leader in the mid-1800s. In 1879, a charter was adopted, and 50 acres (0.20 km2) in the center of the county was declared the county seat.
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.
The Moultrie post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1879.
How does Moultrie rank for history?
Moultrie is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns, #122 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.
What is on the National Register in Moultrie?
7 listings: 6 buildings, among them the Colquitt County Courthouse (listed 1980, the first), and 1 historic district, the Moultrie Commercial Historic District, with 61 contributing buildings. 68 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Moultrie?
5% of Moultrie’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.7 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1978.
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 (16), Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (7), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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