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History · Wenona

Wenona’s post office opened in 1889

Most of Wenona was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1977 on.

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How Wenona began

When was Wenona founded?

1889

The Wenona post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 231137 years
Founding year: the first Wenona post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Wenona’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 Wenona are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wenona’s history is told.

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The story so far

Wenona, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wenona yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Wenona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Crisp County, Georgia, United States. It is on U.S. Route 41 where it is joined by Georgia State Route 33, 4 miles (6 km) south of Cordele, the county seat, and 5 miles (8 km) north of Arabi. Interstate 75 forms the eastern border of the CDP, with access from Exit 97. The 2020 census listed a population of 231.

Its first post office opened in 1889.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Wenona, 1889 to 1977

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Wenona post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1919Post officeThe Wenona post office closes
  5. 1977On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Wenona on the map, 1977 to 1987

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

Wenona on the 1977 USGS mapWenona on the 1987 USGS map1977Cordele 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 Wenona.

Famous people

Famous people close to Wenona

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

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Roger KingdomAmerican hurdler · b. 1962
Sue Monk KiddNovelist · b. 1948
Vincent ShermanAmerican film director · b. 1906
Buster PoseyAmerican baseball executive and former player · b. 1987
Tampa RedAmerican Chicago blues musician · b. 1904
Betty ShabazzAmerican educator and wife of Malcolm X · b. 1934
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Wenona had its own post office from 1889 to 1919.

Wenona
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Wenona Schoolschool

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

Questions about Wenona’s history

What year was Wenona founded?

The Wenona post office opened in 1889, 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.