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White’s post office opened in 1890

Most of White was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: maps from 1890 on and the census since 1920.

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How White began

When was White founded?

1890

The White post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 319 in 19202020 census: 661136 years
Founding year: the first White post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about White’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 White 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 White change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how White’s history is told.

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On the map

White on the map, 1890 to 1981

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

White on the 1890 USGS mapWhite on the 1972 USGS mapWhite 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 White.

The story

How White came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of White.

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A post office called White has been in operation since 1890. James Alexander White, the first postmaster, gave the city its name.

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated White as a town in 1919.

In March 2016, the city's police chief, as well as its only full-time officer, were arrested on false imprisonment charges. The arrests left the city with no police department.

The city has a new mayor as of June 6, 2022, Perry Bell, who later died on September 25, 2022.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about White in 1855

Passages that mention White, cut from the printed page as they were published.

manity, and said, despond ingly, that it was useless to contend with fate or with the large force that he saw was around him, and announced his willingness to surrender his vessels, his arms, his men, and himself to Colonel White. At this instant Captain Elholm came suddenly dashing up at full spee…
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manity, and said, despond ingly, that it was useless to contend with fate or with the large force that he saw was around him, and announced his willingness to surrender his vessels, his arms, his men, and himself to Colonel White. At this instant Captain Elholm came suddenly dashing up at full speed, and saluting White, inquired of him where he should place the artillery. " Keep them back, keep them back. Sir," answered White, " the British have surrendered. Move your men off, and send me three guides to conduct

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

White, decade by decade

Today12 recent
Wofford Crossroads Baptist Church Cemetery2026Wofford Crossroads Baptist Church CemeteryOld Car City2026Old Car CityWhite First Baptist Church2025White First Baptist ChurchWes Mans Restaurant2025Wes Mans RestaurantNorth Georgia Mercantile2025North Georgia MercantileFellowship Baptist Church2025Fellowship Baptist ChurchFellowship Baptist Church Cemetery2025Fellowship Baptist Church CemeteryChef salad with ham at Wes Mans Restaurant2025Chef salad with ham at Wes Mans RestaurantHunt Brothers Pizza, White, GA July 20192019Hunt Brothers Pizza, White, GA July 2019White Georgia City Hall2015White Georgia City HallFarmers Market in2010Farmers Market inGAMap-doton-White2005GAMap-doton-White
People over time

White, census by census

0100200300400500600700192019401960198020002020Peak: 693

Between 319 and 693 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to White

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

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Benjamin WalkerAmerican actor · b. 1982
Claude AkinsAmerican actor · b. 1926
Sean O'PryAmerican model · b. 1989
Butch WalkerAmerican musician and record producer · b. 1969
Bronson RechsteinerAmerican professional wrestler and football pla… · b. 1997
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Sonny LandhamAmerican actor · b. 1941

Questions about White’s history

What year was White founded?

The White post office opened in 1890, 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 (12), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.