The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Panthersville.
The community most likely was named after a Cherokee Indian subtribe.
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Panthersville’s post office opened in 1837
More historic than 26% of U.S. towns · #182 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Panthersville was built recently: 0.2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1980.
1837first post office
0on the National Register
0.2%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Panthersville began
When was Panthersville founded?
1837
The Panthersville post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 11,366 in 19802020 census: 11,237189 years
How historic is Panthersville?
C
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 26% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Panthersville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Panthersville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Panthersville is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #182 of 263 in Georgia. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Panthersville’s overall grade.
Founding era1837, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 19400.2% of homes (±0.3) · typical GA town 3.8% · U.S. 8.4%DNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical GA town 10.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 26%
NewerOlder
Georgia towns of 2,500+ (263)Ahead of 31%
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 Panthersville’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.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C+. The pre-1940 share (±0.3 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
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 Panthersville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Panthersville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Panthersville’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Panthersville, 1837 to 1954
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
Panthersville, decade by decade
2017
2011
2005On the map
Panthersville on the map, 1954 to 1993
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Panthersville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1954Conley sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Panthersville.
People over time
Panthersville, census by census
Between 9,749 and 11,791 people in every census since 1980.
5 censuses, 1980–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Panthersville’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Panthersville
Nobody well known was born in Panthersville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices
Panthersville had its own post office from 1837 to 1901.
Panthersville
18301930today
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Panthersville’s history
What year was Panthersville founded?
The Panthersville post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Panthersville rank for history?
Panthersville is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #182 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.
How old are the homes in Panthersville?
0.2% of Panthersville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1975.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (3), 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.