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History · Taylorsville

Taylorsville was first counted by the census in 1880, and 57% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1890 on and the census since 1880.

1880first census
0on the National Register
57%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Photo: Melissa J from Douglasville, GA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Quick answers

How Taylorsville began

When was Taylorsville founded?

1880

Taylorsville first appears in the census in 1880.

First census: 95 in 18802020 census: 252146 years
Founding year: the first census.The full story ↓

What stands out about Taylorsville’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 Taylorsville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18903 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1981. Watch Taylorsville change.Old housesHalf of Taylorsville’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Taylorsville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Taylorsville on the map, 1890 to 1981

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

Taylorsville on the 1890 USGS mapTaylorsville on the 1972 USGS mapTaylorsville on the 1981 USGS map1890Cartersville sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Taylorsville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Taylorsville.

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Taylorsville was surveyed circa 1870 by Edward G. Taylor, and named for him. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Taylorsville as a town in 1916.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Taylorsville, 1890 to 1928

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1919Born hereCharlie Sproull is born here
  5. 1928Born hereWillard Nixon is born here
By decade

Taylorsville, decade by decade

Today11 recent
Town Hall2025Town HallTaylorsville Baptist Church2025Taylorsville Baptist ChurchRhodes Grocery and Post Office annex2025Rhodes Grocery and Post Office annexOld Taylorsville Church Cemetery2025Old Taylorsville Church CemeteryMount Tabor Baptist Church2025Mount Tabor Baptist ChurchMount Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery2025Mount Tabor Baptist Church CemeteryLittle Free Library2025Little Free LibraryU S Navy Sailors participate in DC Olympics aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)2023U S Navy Sailors participate in DC Olympics aboard US…Downtown Taylorsville, Georgia, October 20162016Downtown Taylorsville, Georgia, October 2016Farmers Supply Co Taylorsville Georgia 10-17-20072007Farmers Supply Co Taylorsville Georgia 10-17-2007GAMap-doton-Taylorsville2005GAMap-doton-Taylorsville
People over time

Taylorsville, census by census

010020030018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 269

Between 87 and 269 people in every census since 1880.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Taylorsville

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

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Willard NixonAmerican baseball player · b. 1928
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Charlie SproullAmerican baseball player · b. 1919

Questions about Taylorsville’s history

What year was Taylorsville founded?

The Taylorsville post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (11), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.