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History · Newington

Newington’s post office opened in 1909

Most of Newington was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1978 on and the census since 1920.

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How Newington began

When was Newington founded?

1909

The Newington post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 364 in 19202020 census: 290117 years
Founding year: the first Newington post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Newington’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 Newington are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 429 in 1950; 290 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newington’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Newington, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 429

Peaked at 429 in 1950; 290 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

The story so far

Newington, in brief

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

Newington is a town in Screven County, Georgia, United States. The population was 290 in 2020.

Its first post office opened in 1909. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 274 to 290 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Newington, 1909 to 1978

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1909Post officeThe Newington post office opens
  3. 1939Born hereRoy C is born here
  4. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 429
  5. 1978On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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

Newington on the map, 1978 to 1981

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

Newington on the 1978 USGS mapNewington on the 1981 USGS map1978Oliver 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 Newington.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Newington’s post office has been open since 1909.

Gone or out of use
Walker Grove Schoolschool

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

Questions about Newington’s history

What year was Newington founded?

The Newington post office opened in 1909, 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 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.