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History · Sasser

Sasser’s post office opened in 1881, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1912 on and the census since 1900.

1881first post office
0on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Sasser began

When was Sasser founded?

1881

The Sasser post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 322 in 19002020 census: 287145 years
Founding year: the first Sasser post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Sasser’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 Sasser are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 441 in 1910; 287 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sasser’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Sasser, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 441

Peaked at 441 in 1910; 287 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story

How Sasser came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sasser.

Read it all →

A post office called Sasser was established in 1881. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Sasser as a town in 1890. The community has the name of one William Sasser.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Sasser, 1881 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Sasser post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910CensusPopulation peaks at 441
  5. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Sasser, decade by decade

Today5 recent
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On the map

Sasser on the map, 1956 to 1988

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

Sasser on the 1956 USGS mapSasser on the 1973 USGS mapSasser on the 1988 USGS map1956Sasser sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sasser.

Every building

Sasser, building by building, 1912

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 sheet.

Sasser fire insurance map, 1912, sheet 11912Sheet 1 of 1
Sheets
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Sasser’s post office has been open since 1881.

Gone or out of use
Dunbar Schoolschool

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

Questions about Sasser’s history

What year was Sasser founded?

The Sasser post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia, 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.