Cedartown’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Cedartown. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Cherokee and Creek Native Americans first inhabited the area known as Cedar Valley. The Cherokee people had established a village there in the 1830s after the Native Americans were forced out on the Trail of Tears. The settlement was named for the red cedar timber near the site.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Cedartown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cedartown’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1950 Census Enumeration District …, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Cedartown
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Cedartown, decade by decade
1990s
Book2010 Census Urban Cluster Reference Map for2010
CommonsSchool sign 9.19.20082008
CommonsFEMA - 34791 - Residents in the Disaster Recovery Center in…2008
CommonsFEMA - 34790 - Disaster Recovery Center workers in Georgia2008
CommonsDowntownCedartown2007
CommonsGAMap-doton-Cedartown2005
CommonsWater Tower2004
CommonsPolk County Sign2004
CommonsCourthouse of Polk County, Georgia2004
CommonsBus Station2004
CommonsCedartown Fire Department (Ford E-One Pumper)20036 historic places in Cedartown
Cedartown has 6 listings on the National Register, and they protect 547 historic buildings, because Northwest Cedartown Historic District alone counts 373.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1980Hawkes Children's Library
Listed 1992Cedartown Commercial Historic District
Listed 2000Cedartown Waterworks-Woman's Building-Big Spring Park Historic DistrictListed 2008Northwest Cedartown Historic DistrictListed 2011South Philpot Street Historic DistrictListed 2019St. James' Episcopal ChurchThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Georgia (GA) - Polk County - Cedartown - ED 115-13 to 22 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.