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Baldwin County, Georgia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
24historic places
—earliest paper
1803formed
43,799pop. 2020
29cemeteries
1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 24 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Milledgeville, Hardwick, Meriwether.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Georgia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Baldwin titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

17 of 24 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

24 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
AndalusiaMilledgevilleBuilding1980
Andalusia Farm NHLMilledgevilleBuilding
Andalusia Farm NHLMilledgevilleBuilding
Atkinson Hall, Georgia CollegeMilledgevilleBuilding1972
BarrowvilleMilledgevilleBuilding1978
Boykin, Maj. Francis, HouseMilledgevilleBuilding1978
Central Building, State Lunatic AsylumMilledgevilleBuilding1978
Central State Hospital CemeteriesHardwickDistrict2005
Devereux-Coleman HouseMilledgevilleBuilding1993
Fort-Hammond-Willis HouseMilledgevilleBuilding2003
Fowler ApartmentsMilledgevilleBuilding1997
Milledgeville Historic DistrictMilledgevilleDistrict1972
Old Governor's Mansion NHLMilledgevilleBuilding1970
Old State CapitolMilledgevilleBuilding1970
Rockwell, Samuel, HouseMilledgevilleBuilding1978
Roe-Harper HouseMilledgevilleBuilding1986
Rose HillMilledgevilleBuilding2017
Rutherford, John, HouseMilledgevilleBuilding1978
Storehouse, State Lunatic AsylumMilledgevilleBuilding1978
Thalian HallMilledgevilleBuilding1978
Westbrook-Hubert FarmMeriwetherDistrict1997
WestoverMilledgeDistrict1987
WoodvilleMilledgevilleBuilding1979
Zattau, Dr. Charles and Louise, HouseMilledgevilleBuilding2012

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Baldwin was formed in 1803 (1803-05-11) from unknown / original county.

BALDWIN created from Non-County Area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Baldwin County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

46k26k6,3561810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
6,3567,7347,2509,07813,80617,76819,79124,19029,70634,06434,68644,70043,799

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

29 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 29 of 29 listed
NameLatLon
Baldwin Memorial Gardens33.16419-83.2807
Black Springs Baptist Churchyard33.10431-83.14543
Bland Cemetery33.00117-83.19343
Bone Cemetery33.09236-83.23459
Camp Creek Cemetery32.99977-83.30846
David Hill Cemetery33.00011-83.37041
Fishing Creek Cemetery33.08291-83.34932
Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery Milledgeville33.01023-83.19708
Green Cemetery33.13986-83.12651
Harmony Church Cemetery33.05189-83.07057
Hopewell Methodist Cemetery33.06138-83.28265
Howe Cemetery33.15902-83.3121
Humphries Cemetery33.12684-83.40413
Jacob Gumm Cemetery33.14236-83.15181
John Arnold Cemetery33.08289-83.14604
Leonard Smith Cemetery33.01556-83.33929
Memory Hill Cemetery33.07486-83.2296
Montpelier Methodist Churchyard33.07988-83.16333
Mount Hope Cemetery33.04777-83.29387
Mount Olive Churchyard33.07992-83.1313
Mount Pleasant Baptist Cemetery32.98307-83.24669
Newton Cemetery32.96216-83.34158
Oak Grove Methodist Cemetery33.00409-83.23579
Rogers Cemetery33.02012-83.06962
Salem Baptist Cemetery33.00916-83.34091
Sanford Cemetery33.15986-83.16904
Stiles Cemetery33.15718-83.40711
Union Hill Methodist Cemetery32.9748-83.33359
West View Cemetery33.07986-83.24681
Historical populated places — 3 of 3
NameLatLon
Allen Mill33.04987-83.10126
Carling33.0557-83.23849
Oconee Old Town33.00459-83.15626

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Griswoldville2,35728.2 kmGA025

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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