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History · Senoia

Senoia dates to 1828, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 77% of U.S. towns · #43 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it

Most of Senoia was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2005. 2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 149 buildings. Below: maps from 1965 on and the census since 1880.

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Quick answers

How Senoia began

When was Senoia founded?

1828

Senoia dates its founding to 1828 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 731 in 18802020 census: 5,016198 years

How historic is Senoia?

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More historic than 77% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1867.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Senoia’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Senoia is more historic than 77% of U.S. towns, #43 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Senoia’s overall grade.
Founding era1828, from Wikidata: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 19406.5% of homes (±6.0) · typical GA town 3.8% · U.S. 8.4%C+National Register2 listings, 151 historic buildings, 270 per 10,000 residents · typical GA town 10.0 · U.S. 2.4A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 77%
NewerOlder
Georgia towns of 2,500+ (263)Ahead of 84%

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 Senoia’s 270 sits above most of its state (82% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 151 historic buildings outnumber those of 92% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1828.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.0 points).

Founding year: Wikidata (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 Senoia’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A historic districtThe Senoia Historic District takes in 149 historic buildings.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Senoia are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1910 and 1940, then grew 7-fold.Deep rootsEstablished in 1828: 198 years of Senoia.
★ What stands out · On the National Register

2 listings protect 151 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
151
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Hollberg Hotel
Hollberg HotelSenoia Historic District
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Neo-Classical1
Victorian1
Queen Anne1
Victorian Eclectic1
Greek Revival1
Classical Revival1
Hollberg HotelNeo-Classical
Senoia Historic DistrictQueen Anne

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Help out

Start Senoia’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Senoia’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.
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People over time

Senoia, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,0005,500188019001920194019601980200020201,111 in 1910Low: 679

Lost a third of its people between 1910 and 1940, then grew 7-fold.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

The story

How Senoia came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Senoia.

Read it all →

The first permanent settlement in the area was made in 1860 by Rev. Francis Warren Baggarly. In 1864, around the time residents of the nearby Willow Dell community began to arrive, the settlement was named Senoia. A number of the area's first structures appeared this year, such as a mercantile building known as the Rock House and a Methodist Episcopal church led by Baggarly. A high school would open in 1865. Senoia was officially incorporated as a city on December 12, 1866.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Senoia, 1828 to 2020

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828
    FoundingSenoia is established
  3. 1867Post officeThe Senoia post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1962Born hereDave Edwards is born here
  6. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1975Born hereKeith Brooking is born here
  8. 1980Born hereChris Young is born here
  9. 1991Born hereCam Bedrosian is born here
  10. 21st century
  11. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 5,016
By decade

Senoia, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Decaying Outside2017Decaying OutsideDowntown2014DowntownGA16 West - GA74 GA85 North South Signs2012GA16 West - GA74 GA85 North South SignsGA16 West - Broad Street or Luther Bailey Road2012GA16 West - Broad Street or Luther Bailey RoadDowntown2012DowntownGAMap-doton-Senoia2005GAMap-doton-Senoia
On the map

Senoia on the map, 1965 to 1982

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

Senoia on the 1965 USGS mapSenoia on the 1979 USGS mapSenoia on the 1982 USGS map1965Senoia 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 Senoia.

Famous people

4 famous people were born in Senoia

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Cam BedrosianAmerican baseball player · b. 1991
Keith BrookingAmerican football player · b. 1975
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Chris YoungFormer National Football League safety · b. 1980
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Dave EdwardsAmerican football player · b. 1962
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Senoia’s post office has been open since 1867.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Tinsley Mobile Home Park
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Senoia
ElmoreOak GroveSenoia City

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.

Peachtree CityIts storyD−

Questions about Senoia’s history

What year was Senoia founded?

In 1828, according to Wikidata. Senoia’s post office opened in 1867, and the census of 1880 counted 731 people here.

How does Senoia rank for history?

Senoia is more historic than 77% of U.S. towns, #43 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 Senoia?

Two places: the Hollberg Hotel (listed 1980) and the Senoia Historic District (1989).

How old are the homes in Senoia?

7% of Senoia’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.0 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 2005.

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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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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) 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.