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History · North Augusta

North Augusta’s post office opened in 1900, and 6 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 25% of U.S. towns · #93 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it

Most of North Augusta was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. 6 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 12 buildings. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1964 on, and the census since 1910.

1900first post office
6on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
6famous people
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From North Augusta’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How North Augusta began

When was North Augusta founded?

1900

The North Augusta post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Hamburg (1826), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 1,136 in 19102020 census: 24,379126 years

How historic is North Augusta?

C

More historic than 25% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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

What drives North Augusta’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, North Augusta is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #93 of 169 in South Carolina. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of North Augusta’s overall grade.
Founding era1900, from the first post office: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 19402.3% of homes (±1.3) · typical SC town 3.5% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register6 listings, 21 historic buildings, 8.2 per 10,000 residents · typical SC town 3.2 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 25%
NewerOlder
South Carolina towns of 2,500+ (169)Ahead of 45%

South Carolina towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical South Carolina town has 3.2 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so North Augusta’s 8.2 sits near the middle of its state (63% of South Carolina towns have fewer) while its 21 historic buildings outnumber those of 80% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. The pre-1940 share (±1.3 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

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 North Augusta’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s North Augusta, and 26 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Landmarks on the Register6 places on the National Register.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

North Augusta’s post office has been open since 1900. Another post office, Hamburg, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamburg
1826–1902
North Augusta
1900–today
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Bahama HeightsBrierfieldBrookgreenCarolina HeightsCarolina TerraceCrestlandEdgefield HeightsFairview GardensHamburgHammond HillsLakewoodLynnhurstMartintowneMealing HeightsPine and Oak WoodsPinecrestPinehurstPinewood PlantationRose HillSavannah TerraceSmithfieldSummer HillSunset HeightsThe Colony
Gone or out of use
Fox MilllocaleNorth Augusta Grade Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside North Augusta
HammondPineview Memorial GardensSunset Hill

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

Help out

Start North Augusta’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewNorth Augusta, S.C., Hunting Lodge - DP…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the National Register

6 listings protect 21 historic buildings

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

places listed
6
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
21
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Charles Hammond House
Charles Hammond HouseRosemary HallGeorgia Avenue-Butler Avenue Historic DistrictLookaway HallB. C. Wall HouseBritton Mims Place
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival2
Queen Anne2
Vernacular1
Tudor Revival1
Palladian1
Beaux Arts1
Charles Hammond HouseVernacular
Rosemary HallGreek Revival
Georgia Avenue-Butler Avenue Historic DistrictTudor Revival
Lookaway HallBeaux Arts
B. C. Wall HouseClassical Revival
All 6 listings
Britton Mims PlaceBuilding · listed 1997

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

The story

How North Augusta came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of North Augusta.

Read it all →

In the 1890s, James U. Jackson, the city's primary visionary, joined his brother Walter Jackson and a group of New York-based investors in founding the North Augusta Land Company. On March 24, 1890, the company purchased a 5,600 acres tract of land from Mattie Butler Mealing, who inherited the land from her father, Robert Butler. Additional parcel of lands were acquired, bringing the total to 6,500 acres. James traveled to New York several times to receive financial backing for the town and the construction of the Thirteen Street/Georgia Avenue Bridge (James U. Jackson Memorial Bridge).

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

North Augusta, 1826 to 1992

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1826Post officeThe Hamburg post office opens
  3. 1860Born hereCharles Alexander Magrath is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900In the archiveNorth Augusta, S.C., Hunting Lodge - DPLA - 493acce20fcbfa2f0092d2a4482a16bd
  6. 1900Post officeThe North Augusta post office opens
  7. 1902Post officeThe Hamburg post office closes
  8. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1972Born hereMatt Campbell is born here
  10. 1977Born hereFred Vinson is born here
  11. 1992Born hereMatt Hazel is born here
By decade

North Augusta, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s2 items
North Augusta, S.C., Hunting Lodge - DPLA - 493acce20fcbfa2f0092d2a4482a16bd1900North Augusta, S.C., Hunting Lodge - DPLA - 493acce20…Pine Neights Sanatorium ("American medical directory", 1906 advert)1906Pine Neights Sanatorium ("American medical directory"…
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today8 recent
Savannah River Augusta July 2024 22024Savannah River Augusta July 2024 2Savannah River Augusta July 2024 12024Savannah River Augusta July 2024 1North-Augusta-High-School-Entrance2022North-Augusta-High-School-EntranceSRP Park Aerial View2018SRP Park Aerial ViewSisters of the Order of Saint Helena2017Sisters of the Order of Saint HelenaOSH Convent back view chapel bell2015OSH Convent back view chapel bellNorth Augusta 20082008North Augusta 2008SCMap-doton-NorthAugusta2004SCMap-doton-NorthAugusta
On the map

North Augusta on the map, 1964 to 1980

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

North Augusta on the 1964 USGS mapNorth Augusta on the 1980 USGS map1964North Augusta 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 North Augusta.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

North Augusta, S.C., Hunting Lodge - DPLA - 493acce20fcbfa2f0092d2a4482a16bd
Retake this viewNorth Augusta, S.C., Hunting Lodge - DPLA - 493acce20fcbfa2f0092d2a4482a16bd, 1900

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on North Augusta’s page.

Retake this view · +15
People over time

North Augusta, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00019201940196019802000202024,379

Grew from 1,136 people in 1910 to 24,379 in 2020, more than tenfold.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

6 famous people were born in North Augusta

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

See all →
Matt HazelAmerican football wide receiver · b. 1992
Charles Alexander MagrathCanadian politician · b. 1860
M
Matt CampbellAmerican football player · b. 1972
F
Fred VinsonAmerican football player · b. 1977
J
Jake SmithBaseball player · b. 1990
Q
Quinton FerrellAmerican basketball coach · b. 1985
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

ClearwaterIts storyDBurnettownIts storyC−

Questions about North Augusta’s history

What year was North Augusta founded?

The North Augusta post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does North Augusta rank for history?

North Augusta is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #93 of 169 in South Carolina. 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 North Augusta?

6 listings: 5 buildings, among them the Charles Hammond House (listed 1973, the first), and 1 historic district, the Georgia Avenue-Butler Avenue Historic District, with 12 contributing buildings. 21 historic buildings in all.

How old are the homes in North Augusta?

2% of North Augusta’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.3 points), against a typical 3.5% for a South Carolina town; the median home was built in 1988.

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (10), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.