A history of Toccoa,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Toccoa from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Mississippian and Yuchi Indians, linked to the Muscogee Creek confederacy and later allies of the Cherokee, occupied Tugaloo and the area of Toccoa for over 1,000 years prior to colonization.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Toccoa’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
3 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 Toccoa
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Toccoa, decade by decade
1930s
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Georgia (GA) - Stephens County - Toccoa - ED 127-5 to 15 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via WikidataFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.