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More historic than 44% of U.S. towns · #128 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Statham was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 98 buildings. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1964 on, and the census since 1900.
The Statham post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 44% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Statham is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns, #128 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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 Statham’s 325 sits above most of its state (84% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 98 historic buildings outnumber those of 89% of U.S. towns.
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 →
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 Statham’s history is told.
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.
From Wikipedia’s history of Statham.
The community was named after Charles Statham, a University of Georgia official.
In the 2010s, Statham's aggressive stops for driving under the influence (DUI) came under widespread scrutiny. After the city's projected revenue from fines more than tripled in two years, residents accused the town of "policing for profit".
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Statham. 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 Statham.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
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Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Statham’s page.
Retake this view · +15Grew from 172 people in 1900 to 2,813 in 2020, more than tenfold.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Statham’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
The Statham post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Statham is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns, #128 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.
One place: the Statham Historic District (listed 1998).
8% of Statham’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.1 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1993.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
