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History · Waverly Hall

Waverly Hall’s post office opened in 1829, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1930.

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0on the National Register
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How Waverly Hall began

When was Waverly Hall founded?

1829

The Waverly Hall post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 515 in 19302020 census: 638197 years
Founding year: the first Waverly Hall post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Waverly Hall’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 Waverly Hall are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 913 in 1980; 638 people lived here in 2020.Deep rootsA post office since 1829: 197 years of Waverly Hall.
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Start Waverly Hall’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Waverly Hall, census by census

02004006008001,00019401960198020002020Peak: 913

Peaked at 913 in 1980; 638 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Timeline

Waverly Hall, 1829 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1829Post officeThe Waverly Hall post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 913
The story

How Waverly Hall came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Waverly Hall.

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A post office called Waverly was established in 1829. The community derives its name from Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels.

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Waverly Hall as a town in 1914.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Waverly Hall, decade by decade

Today4 recent
WA HA Music Festival Flyer2023WA HA Music Festival FlyerWaverly Hall Stands2021Waverly Hall StandsUSMC-120428-M-NF414-1482012USMC-120428-M-NF414-148Waverly Hall Georgia Government and Arts Building2011Waverly Hall Georgia Government and Arts Building
On the map

Waverly Hall on the map in 1950

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Waverly Hall.

Waverly Hall on the 1950 USGS map1950Waverly Hall 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 Waverly Hall.

Famous people

Famous people close to Waverly Hall

Nobody well known was born in Waverly Hall itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Carson McCullersAmerican writer · b. 1917
Wayne BradyAmerican actor, comedian, and television person… · b. 1972
Ma RaineyAmerican blues singer · b. 1886
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeAmerican basketball player · b. 1993
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Robert CrayAmerican blues guitarist and singer (b. 1953) · b. 1953
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Xavier WoodsAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1986

Questions about Waverly Hall’s history

What year was Waverly Hall founded?

The Waverly Hall post office opened in 1829, 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 (4), 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.