Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Oliver was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Its Register listing is the Harris-Murrow-Trowell House. Below: maps from 1918 on and the census since 1910.
The Oliver post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name.
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 Oliver’s history is told.
Peaked at 288 in 1920; 210 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Oliver’s Wikipedia page.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Oliver. 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 Oliver.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Oliver yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Oliver is a city in Screven County, Georgia, United States. The population was 210 as of 2020.
Its first post office opened in 1872. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 239 to 210 (-12%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Nobody well known was born in Oliver itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Oliver post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Harris-Murrow-Trowell House (listed 2009).
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
