Georgia’s post office opened in 1805, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 72% of U.S. towns · #54 of 71 in Vermont. What drives it
7 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 5 buildings. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1915 on, and the census since 1790.
The Georgia post office opened in 1805, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, East Georgia (1849), West Georgia (1852) and Georgia Plain (1857), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 340 in 17902020 census: 4,845221 years
How historic is Georgia?
B+
More historic than 72% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Georgia post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Georgia’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Georgia is more historic than 72% of U.S. towns, #54 of 71 in Vermont. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its age ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Georgia’s overall grade.
Vermont towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Vermont town has 147 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Georgia’s 26.6 sits near the middle of its state (37% of Vermont towns have fewer) while its 13 historic buildings outnumber those of 77% 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 (±7.0 points). 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 Georgia’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Georgia was named after King George III by New Hampshire, which was meant to sway the king in a land dispute over Vermont between New York and New Hampshire, both of which claimed to have the rights to the land. During the War of 1812, smuggling was common throughout Vermont, except for Georgia, where the citizens formed a blockade to support the embargo on Canadian goods. The blockade was so functional that smugglers started to call Georgia "Hell's Gate".
The Georgia post office opened in 1805, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Georgia rank for history?
Georgia is more historic than 72% of U.S. towns, #54 of 71 in Vermont. 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 Georgia?
7 listings: 6 buildings, among them the Evarts-McWilliams House (listed 1982, the first), and 1 historic district, the Ballard Farm, with 5 contributing buildings. 13 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Georgia?
13% of Georgia’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.0 points), against a typical 22% for a Vermont town; the median home was built in 1985.
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 (2), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (7), 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.
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