A history of Brunswick,
since 1771
Postcards, papers and photographs of Brunswick from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Mocama, a Timucua-speaking people, lived in and cultivated the lands in what is now Brunswick. The Spanish established missions in Timucuan villages beginning in 1568. During this time, much of the Native American population was depleted through enslavement and disease. When the Province of Carolina was founded in 1663, the British claimed all lands south to the 31st parallel north, but little colonization occurred south of the Altamaha River as the Spanish also claimed this land. Three years after the Province of Georgia was founded at Savannah in 1733, James Oglethorpe had the town of Frederica built on St. Simons Island, challenging Spaniards who laid claim to the island. The Spanish were driven out of the province after British victories in the battles of Bloody Marsh and Gully Hole Creek in 1742; it was not until the Treaty of Paris of 1763 that Spain's threat to the province w…
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Brunswick’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewDock area for the Downing Company…, c. 1890: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Brunswick, decade by decade
1990s
7 historic places in Brunswick
Brunswick has 7 listings on the National Register, and they protect 1,038 historic buildings, because Brunswick Old Town Historic District alone counts 763.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Dock area for the Downing Company in Brunswick, Georgia, circa 1890 (c. 1890) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.