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Bulloch County, Georgia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
24historic places
—earliest paper
1796formed
81,099pop. 2020
69cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 24 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near Statesboro, Register, Portal.

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 Bulloch titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

24 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Akins, Sol, FarmStatesboroDistrict1990
Brannen, James Alonzo, HouseStatesboroBuilding1989
Bulloch County CourthouseStatesboroBuilding1980
Donehoo-Brannen HouseStatesboroBuilding1995
East Main Street Commercial Historic DistrictStatesboroDistrict1989
East Vine Street Warehouse and Depot DistrictStatesboroDistrict1989
Holland, Dr. Madison Monroe, HouseStatesboroDistrict1989
Jaeckel HotelStatesboroBuilding1982
McDougald, John A., HouseStatesboroBuilding1982
Nevil, Dr. John C., HouseRegisterDistrict1989
Norris HotelStatesboroBuilding2023
North College Street Residential Historic DistrictStatesboroDistrict1989
North Main Street Commercial Historic DistrictStatesboroDistrict1989
Olliff, William W., FarmRegisterBuilding1987
Raines, William G., HouseStatesboroBuilding1987
Savannah Avenue Historic DistrictStatesboroDistrict1996
South Main Street Historic DistrictStatesboroDistrict1989
South Main Street Residential Historic DistrictStatesboroDistrict1989
Statesboro City Hall and Fire StationStatesboroBuilding1989
Stewart StoresPortalDistrict1993
Stewart, Dr. James A., HousePortalBuilding1993
US Post Office-StatesboroStatesboroBuilding1989
Upper Lott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church and CemeteryMetterDistrict2008
West Main Street Commercial Historic DistrictStatesboroDistrict1989

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bulloch was formed in 1796 (1796-02-08) from Bryan, Screven.

BULLOCH created from BRYAN and SCREVEN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bulloch County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

81k42k1,91318001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,9132,5783,1025,6688,05321,37726,13326,01024,74024,26335,78555,98381,099

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

69 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 69 of 69 listed
NameLatLon
Akins Cemetery32.45328-81.84029
Anderson Cemetery32.32202-81.73763
Banks Creek Church Cemetery32.55627-81.88789
Beasley Cemetery32.62103-81.81893
Beasley Cemetery32.44491-81.67981
Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery32.45266-81.83544
Bland Cemetery32.48531-81.92532
Brannen - Wilson Cemetery32.37247-81.81587
Brannen Cemetery32.44948-81.87477
Branon Cemetery32.55016-81.72627
Brooklet Cemetery32.37935-81.66622
Bulloch Memorial Gardens Cemetery32.42249-81.72188
Clito Cemetery32.51263-81.73637
Cone Cemetery32.28534-81.4709
Corinth - Leefield Cemetery32.40576-81.66461
Daughtry Cemetery32.63766-81.83758
DeLoach Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery32.21886-81.80111
Deal Cemetery32.48136-81.82178
Donaldson Cemetery32.58794-81.78474
Eastside Cemetery32.4516-81.77146
Eldora Cemetery32.23881-81.45244
Elmer Church Cemetery32.45777-81.71085
Ephesus Church Cemetery32.26637-81.87393
Eureka Cemetery32.51795-81.71624
Eureka Church Cemetery32.51616-81.71377
Franklin Cemetery32.50863-81.96094
Friendship Cemetery32.2913-81.52594
Friendship Church Cemetery32.50965-81.83327
Hendrix Cemetery32.62064-81.82354
Hodges Cemetery32.49711-81.63594
Hope Community Church Cemetery32.53809-81.73441
Hubert Cemetery32.3113-81.4865
Immanuel Cemetery32.32713-81.5915
Johnson Grove Cemetery32.61099-81.879
Kennedy Cemetery32.30191-81.76906
Knight Cemetery32.38976-81.54229
Langston Church Cemetery32.39755-81.81795
Lawrence Cemetery32.20019-81.66039
Lee Cemetery32.58051-81.8182
Lee Cemetery32.47014-81.68687
Macedonia Church Cemetery32.5121-81.65914
Martin Cemetery32.22921-81.77009
McElveen Cemetery32.31763-81.60048
Miller Grove Church Cemetery32.49081-81.64326
Mincy Cemetery32.55217-81.95885
Moore Cemetery32.41612-81.63676
Mount Oliff Church Cemetery32.52492-81.75381
Mount Zion Church Cemetery32.47178-81.60743
Munlin Cemetery32.59446-81.9006
New Hope Church Cemetery32.48494-81.62035
Nichols Cemetery32.50677-81.94217
Noahs Ark Cemetery32.42394-81.8912
Oak Grove Cemetery32.53499-81.72757
Oak Grove Cemetery32.61356-81.86812
Piney Grove Cemetery32.29546-81.74594
Pleasant Hill Cemetery32.57377-81.96511
Poplar Springs Cemetery32.58321-81.98539
Portal Cemetery32.53035-81.9352
Red Hill Cemetery32.2488-81.66844
Rehovia Church Cemetery32.46941-81.93414
Rigdon Cemetery32.49017-81.77789
Saint Marys Cemetery32.58684-81.80854
Saint Pauls Church Cemetery32.36381-81.90146
Scarboro Grove Cemetery32.54981-81.93786
Temple Hill Church Cemetery32.55084-81.81306
Union Cemetery32.57572-81.76844
Union Church Cemetery32.28426-81.83482
Waters Cemetery32.31186-81.77867
Williams Cemetery32.27908-81.49816
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Bland32.516-81.8915
Colfax32.49962-81.83956
Enal32.30158-81.7765
Kites Spur32.55017-81.95123
Mill Creek32.43685-81.68011

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

Historical markers

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