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History · Milledgeville

Milledgeville’s post office opened in 1844, and 47% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1934 on and the census since 1860.

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How Milledgeville began

When was Milledgeville founded?

1844

The Milledgeville post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 250 in 18602020 census: 1,026182 years
Founding year: the first Milledgeville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Milledgeville’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 Milledgeville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Milledgeville’s homes were built before 1942.Deep rootsA post office since 1844: 182 years of Milledgeville.
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Start Milledgeville’s collection

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

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The story

How Milledgeville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Milledgeville.

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The town originated from a gristmill that was built in 1834, of which the town got its name. When the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was built through the area in 1866 it caused an increase in population and goods. Milledgeville was incorporated as a village in 1886. The original mill was torn down in 1908. The population peaked in the 1960s and has since seen a slow decline.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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

Milledgeville on the map, 1934 to 1985

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

Milledgeville on the 1934 USGS mapMilledgeville on the 1940 USGS mapMilledgeville on the 1985 USGS map1934Morrison sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Milledgeville.

People over time

Milledgeville, census by census

02004006008001,0001,200190019502000Peak: 1,209

Between 216 and 1,209 people in every census since 1860.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

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

Questions about Milledgeville’s history

What year was Milledgeville founded?

The Milledgeville post office opened in 1844, 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 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.