Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 10 buildings. Below: maps from 1891 on and the census since 1930.
The Talmo post office opened in 1898, 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 Talmo’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Talmo. 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 Talmo.
Peaked at 477 in 2000; 257 people lived here in 2020.
5 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Talmo’s Wikipedia page.
From Wikipedia’s history of Talmo.
"Talmo" is a name derived from the Creek language meaning "home of the Chief Tallassee". The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Talmo as a town in 1920.
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.
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 Talmo itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Talmo post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Talmo Historic District (listed 1997).
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
