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Zebulon’s post office opened in 1824, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 70% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Its Register listing is the Pike County Courthouse. Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1880.

1824first post office
1on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Zebulon began

When was Zebulon founded?

1824

The Zebulon post office opened in 1824, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1825.

First census: 245 in 18802020 census: 1,225202 years

How historic is Zebulon?

B+

More historic than 70% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Zebulon post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1825.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Zebulon’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Zebulon is more historic than 70% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Zebulon’s overall grade.
Founding era1824, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194015.3% of homes (±9.5) · typical GA town 3.8% · U.S. 8.4%BNational Register1 listing, 5.9 per 10,000 residents · typical GA town 10.0 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 70%
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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 Zebulon’s 5.9 sits near the middle of its state (47% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±9.5 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata’s 1825 falls in the same era, so the grade doesn’t depend on which one is used.

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 Zebulon’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 Zebulon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1824: 202 years of Zebulon.
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Start Zebulon’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story

How Zebulon came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Zebulon.

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Zebulon was incorporated in 1825. The town was named after Zebulon Pike, a war hero and explorer.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Zebulon, decade by decade

Today24 recent
Zebulon Water Tower2015Zebulon Water TowerJoel Edwards Public Library2015Joel Edwards Public LibraryFreshway Market2015Freshway MarketFred's Super Dollar2015Fred's Super DollarFaith Baptist Church2015Faith Baptist ChurchCitgo, Blimpie2015Citgo, BlimpieZebulon Police Station2014Zebulon Police StationZebulon Opportunity Center2014Zebulon Opportunity CenterZebulon Memorial2014Zebulon MemorialZebulon Fire Department2014Zebulon Fire DepartmentZebulon City Park2014Zebulon City ParkZebulon City Park picnic shelter2014Zebulon City Park picnic shelterZebulon City Hall2014Zebulon City HallWar memorial2014War memorialRestaurant2014RestaurantPike County historical marker2014Pike County historical markerPike County Sheriff's Office and Jail2014Pike County Sheriff's Office and JailPike County Courthouse Annex2014Pike County Courthouse AnnexPike County Chamber of Commerce2014Pike County Chamber of CommerceMontgomery Lodge No. 31 F&AM2014Montgomery Lodge No. 31 F&AMFirst Bank of Pike, Zebulon Office2014First Bank of Pike, Zebulon OfficeCity Pharmacy2014City PharmacyA Novel Experience2014A Novel ExperienceGAMap-doton-Zebulon2005GAMap-doton-Zebulon
On the map

Zebulon on the map in 1971

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

Zebulon on the 1971 USGS map1971Zebulon 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 Zebulon.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Zebulon

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Pike County Courthouse
Pike County Courthouse
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Romanesque1
Pike County CourthouseRomanesque

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Zebulon, census by census

02004006008001,0001,200188019001920194019601980200020201,225

Grew from 245 people in 1880 to 1,225 in 2020, 5 times over.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Zebulon’s post office has been open since 1824.

Gone or out of use
Hilltop Airportairport
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Zebulon
ZebulonZebulonZebulon Methodist Church

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

Questions about Zebulon’s history

What year was Zebulon founded?

The Zebulon post office opened in 1824, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1825.

How does Zebulon rank for history?

Zebulon is more historic than 70% of U.S. towns. 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.

What is on the National Register in Zebulon?

One place: the Pike County Courthouse (listed 1980).

How old are the homes in Zebulon?

15% of Zebulon’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.5 points), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1985.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (24), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.