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History · Tucker

Tucker’s post office opened in 1892

More historic than 13% of U.S. towns · #215 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it

Most of Tucker was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1980.

1892first post office
0on the National Register
0.9%homes built before 1940
10famous people
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Photo: Gulbenk · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quick answers

How Tucker began

When was Tucker founded?

1892

The Tucker post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Montreal (1892), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 25,399 in 19802020 census: 37,005134 years

How historic is Tucker?

D

More historic than 13% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Tucker post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Tucker’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tucker is more historic than 13% of U.S. towns, #215 of 263 in Georgia. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

D
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tucker’s overall grade.
Founding era1892, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.9% of homes (±0.5) · typical GA town 3.8% · U.S. 8.4%DNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical GA town 10.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 13%
NewerOlder
Georgia towns of 2,500+ (263)Ahead of 18%

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 Tucker’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (16% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would still be D. The pre-1940 share (±0.5 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

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 →

What stands out about Tucker’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 Tucker are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Tucker, and 12 old place names are still on the map.Famous sons and daughtersJocelyn Penn, Jaron and the Long Road to Love and 8 more were born here.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Tucker’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tucker’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Tucker’s post office has been open since 1892. Another post office, Montreal, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Montreal
1892–1911
Tucker
1892–today
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BrentwoodIdlewood AcresKings MountainMontrealMountain WoodsOakengatePatriots HillSilver RidgeSmoke RiseSterling AcresStone Mill RunWilshire
Gone or out of use
Silver Hill Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Tucker
Floral Hills Memory GardensMelwoodPleasant Hill ChurchRehoboth

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

Famous people

10 famous people were born in Tucker

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

See all →
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Jocelyn PennAmerican basketball player · b. 1979
J
Jaron and the Long Road to LoveAmerican singer · b. 1974
A. J. BouyeAmerican football player · b. 1991
S
Seantavius JonesAmerican football player · b. 1992
Stephen HillAmerican football player · b. 1991
A
Asher AllenAmerican football player · b. 1988
The story

How Tucker came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Tucker.

Read it all →

The 1821 Georgia Land Lottery opened portions of state land for settlement between the Flint and Ocmulgee rivers, including present-day DeKalb County. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation ceded the land to the United States in January of that year, and drawings for lots measuring 202.5 acres (81.9 ha) each began in May in Milledgeville, the state capital until 1868. The land grant fee was $19.00.

In 1821, the area that would become Tucker was in Militia District 572 in Henry County. The state created DeKalb County on December 9, 1822, and District 572 became DeKalb's 18th District, or the Brownings District, reportedly named for Andrew Browning.

ChaptersSettlersAmerican Civil WarRailroad20th century

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Tucker, 1892 to 1992

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Montreal post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Tucker post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1911Post officeThe Montreal post office closes
  6. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1974Born hereJaron and the Long Road to Love is born here
  8. 1979Born hereJocelyn Penn is born here
  9. 1991Born hereA. J. Bouye is born here
  10. 1992Born hereSeantavius Jones is born here
By decade

Tucker, decade by decade

Today18 recent
Johns Homestead and outbuildings2026Johns Homestead and outbuildingsIndependence Day Celebration on Main Street2022Independence Day Celebration on Main StreetYP--Tucker-Entrance2016YP--Tucker-EntranceGrand Chapter Certificate2016Grand Chapter CertificateDocumentTucker, Georgia Interstate and Highway Exits2014Tucker, Georgia Interstate and Highway ExitsTucker Georgia Geological Survey 19642014Tucker Georgia Geological Survey 1964Main Street Tucker Georgia January 20142014Main Street Tucker Georgia January 2014USGU Tucker, Georgia Map2014USGU Tucker, Georgia MapMapTucker Ride2013Tucker RideTucker Middle School2013Tucker Middle SchoolTucker High School2013Tucker High SchoolGazebo at Henderson Park in Tucker, Georgia2013Gazebo at Henderson Park in Tucker, GeorgiaDeKalb Fire Station 52013DeKalb Fire Station 5Tucker, Georgia2012Tucker, GeorgiaSuburban Residence2012Suburban ResidenceBrownings Courthouse2012Brownings CourthouseTransportation mashup2005Transportation mashupGAMap-doton-Tucker2005GAMap-doton-Tucker
On the map

Tucker on the map, 1956 to 1992

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

Tucker on the 1956 USGS mapTucker on the 1968 USGS mapTucker on the 1973 USGS mapTucker on the 1982 USGS mapTucker on the 1992 USGS map1956Stone Mountain 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 Tucker.

People over time

Tucker, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,000198020002020Peak: 37,005

Between 25,399 and 37,005 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Mountain ParkIts storyD−ClarkstonIts storyC−

Questions about Tucker’s history

What year was Tucker founded?

The Tucker post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Tucker rank for history?

Tucker is more historic than 13% of U.S. towns, #215 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.

How old are the homes in Tucker?

0.9% of Tucker’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1981.

Memory lane

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 (18), 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.