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History · Buckhead

Buckhead’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Buckhead. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Buckhead is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Bryan County, Georgia, United States. It is on Georgia State Route 144, 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Richmond Hill. The 2020 census listed a population of 4,441.

Half of its homes were built before 2012.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Buckhead yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Buckhead, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Buckhead is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Buckhead has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church in Buckhead, 1.4 miles away.

Buckhead and the nearest listed places

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Bryan Neck Presbyterian ChurchStrathy HallFort McAllisterRichmond Hill PlantationKilkennyCommunity House

Closest to Buckhead

Bryan Neck Presbyterian ChurchBuckhead · Building1.4miStrathy HallRichmond Hill · Building3miFort McAllisterBuckhead · Built 19704.4miRichmond Hill PlantationRichmond Hill · Building4.4miKilkennyBuckhead · Building6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Buckhead?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Buckhead’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Richmond Hill📜 Midway📜 Vernonburg📜 Savannah
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