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History · Uvalda

Uvalda’s post office opened in 1909, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on and the census since 1920.

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33%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Uvalda began

When was Uvalda founded?

1909

The Uvalda post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 240 in 19202020 census: 439117 years
Founding year: the first Uvalda post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Uvalda’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 Uvalda are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 663 in 1970; 439 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Uvalda’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Uvalda’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Uvalda, census by census

0100200300400500600700192019401960198020002020Peak: 663

Peaked at 663 in 1970; 439 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

The story

How Uvalda came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Uvalda.

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The community derives its name from Juan de Ugalde, a Texas pioneer. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Uvalda as a town in 1910.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Uvalda, 1909 to 1970

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1909Post officeThe Uvalda post office opens
  3. 1910Born hereWally Moses is born here
  4. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 663
By decade

Uvalda, decade by decade

Today15 recent
Uvalda fire and police station2016Uvalda fire and police stationUvalda Community Center2016Uvalda Community CenterUvalda City Hall front2016Uvalda City Hall frontOld buildings US2212016Old buildings US221Uvalda city limit US221NB2015Uvalda city limit US221NBUvalda Post Office2015Uvalda Post OfficeUvalda Park2015Uvalda ParkUvalda Park playground2015Uvalda Park playgroundUvalda City limit GA135SB2015Uvalda City limit GA135SBUvalda City Hall2015Uvalda City HallFormer city hall2015Former city hallEnd of the rail line and pedestrian bridge to Uvalda Park2015End of the rail line and pedestrian bridge to Uvalda …Christmas tree in Uvalda Park2015Christmas tree in Uvalda ParkAltamaha Bank and Trust2015Altamaha Bank and TrustGAMap-doton-Uvalda2005GAMap-doton-Uvalda
On the map

Uvalda on the map in 1970

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Uvalda.

Uvalda on the 1970 USGS map1970Uvalda 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 Uvalda.

Questions about Uvalda’s history

What year was Uvalda founded?

The Uvalda post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (15), 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.