History · Stillmore

Stillmore’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Stillmore. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
1historic places
0recent photos

The story

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An early variant name was "Kea's Mill". According to tradition, the town's present name stems from the offer by postal officials to supply "still more" names if their list of suitable names for the post office was not satisfactory.

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Timeline

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1940Georgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton Count…Commons
1950–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGeorgia [Effingham County (part) …, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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Stillmore, decade by decade

1950s–
1990s
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.
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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Stillmore

1 place in Stillmore is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

#207
In Georgiaby listings · the typical town has 1
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
1999first listedFirst Methodist Episcopal Church

Where they are

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Buildings

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Georgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton County (part) (1940) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From Wikimedia Commons (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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