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Muscogee County, Georgia

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—newspaper titles
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141historic places
—earliest paper
1825formed
206,922pop. 2020
22cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 141 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Columbus, Bibb City, Fortson.

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 Muscogee titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

116 of 141 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

141 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
1238 Professional BuildingColumbusBuilding2022
Adams Cotton Gin BuildingColumbusBuilding1984
Berry, George O., HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Bibb City Historic DistrictBibb CityDistrict2010
Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church SouthColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 1007 BroadwayColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 1009 BroadwayColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 1400 Third AvenueColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 1519 3rd AvenueColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 1531 3rd AvenueColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 1612 3rd AvenueColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 1617 Third AvenueColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 1619 Third AvenueColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 1625 Third AvenueColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 215 Ninth StreetColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 221 Ninth StreetColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 303 11th St.ColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 920 Ninth AvenueColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 921 Fifth AvenueColumbusBuilding1980
Building at 944 Second AvenueColumbusBuilding1980
Bullard-Hart HouseColumbusBuilding1977
Bush-Philips Hardware Co.ColumbusBuilding1980
Butts, Thomas V., HouseColumbusBuilding1980
C.S.S. MUSCOGEE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE (gunboats)ColumbusStructure1970
Cargill, Walter HurtColumbusBuilding1980
Carter and Bradley, Cotton Factors and WarehousemanColumbusBuilding1980
Cedars, TheColumbusBuilding1971
Central of Georgia Railroad TerminalColumbusBuilding1980
Central of Georgia Railroad TerminalColumbusBuilding1980
Church SquareColumbusBuilding1980
Church of the Holy FamilyColumbusBuilding1980
City Fire DepartmentColumbusBuilding1980
Claflin SchoolColumbusBuilding2015
Cole-Hatcher-Hampton Wholesale GrocersColumbusBuilding1980
Colored CemeteryColumbusSite1980
Columbian Lodge No. 7 Free and Accepted MasonsColumbusBuilding1980
Columbus Coca-Cola Bottling CompanyColumbusBuilding2022
Columbus High SchoolColumbusBuilding1980
Columbus Historic DistrictColumbusDistrict1969
Columbus Historic District (Boundary Increase)ColumbusDistrict1988
Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District NHLColumbusDistrict1978
Columbus Investment Company BuildingColumbusBuilding1980
Columbus IronworksColumbusBuilding1969
Columbus Manufacturing CompanyColumbusDistrict2007
Columbus StockadeColumbusBuilding1980
Cooke, Wm. L., HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Denson, William H., HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Depot Business BuildingsColumbusBuilding1980
DinglewoodColumbusBuilding1972
Dinglewood Historic DistrictColumbusDistrict2001
Dismukes, Robert E., Sr., HouseColumbusBuilding1979
Elisha P. Dismukes HouseColumbusBuilding1980
First African Baptist ChurchColumbusBuilding1980
First African Baptist Church ParsonageColumbusBuilding1980
First National BankColumbusBuilding1974
First Presbyterian ChurchColumbusBuilding1980
Fletcher, John T., HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Fontaine BuildingColumbusBuilding1980
Fortson HouseFortsonBuilding1999
Frank BrothersColumbusBuilding1980
Gann's PharmacyColumbusBuilding1980
Garrett-Bullock HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Girard Colored MissionColumbusBuilding1980
Goetchius-Wellborn HouseColumbusBuilding1969
Golden Brothers, Founders and MachinstsColumbusBuilding1980
Green Island RanchColumbusDistrict1997
Harrison-Gibson HouseColumbusBuilding1980
High Uptown Historic DistrictColumbusDistrict2004
Highland HallColumbusBuilding1980
Hillcrest-Wildwood Circle Historic DistrictColumbusDistrict2002
HiltonColumbusBuilding1972
Hofflin & Greentree BuildingColumbusBuilding1982
Illges HouseColumbusBuilding1973
Illges, John Paul, HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Isaac Maund HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Joseph HouseColumbusBuilding1969
KressColumbusBuilding1980
Lafkowitz, Abraham, HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Ledger-Enquirer BuildingColumbusBuilding1980
Lewis-Rothchild BuildingColumbusBuilding2004
Liberty TheaterColumbusBuilding1984
Lion HouseColumbusBuilding1972
Loeb, Sol, Building-Garrett-Joy BuildingColumbusBuilding2005
McArdle HouseColumbusBuilding1980
McGehee-Woodall HouseColumbusBuilding1972
Methodist TabernacleColumbusBuilding1980
Mott HouseColumbusBuilding1974
Mott-Fox-Hugley HouseColumbusBuilding2012
Octagon House NHLColumbusBuilding1969
Old City CemeteryColumbusSite1980
Old Dawson PlaceColumbusBuilding1979
Peabody-Warner HouseColumbusBuilding1970
Peacock Woods-Dimon Circle Historic DistrictColumbusDistrict2003
Pemberton HouseColumbusBuilding1971
Phillips, George, HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Pond, George, HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Power and Baird, Wholesale Dry Goods and NotionsColumbusBuilding1980
Rainey, Gertrude Ma Pridgett, HouseColumbusBuilding1992
Ralston HotelColumbusBuilding2025
Rankin HouseColumbusBuilding1972
Rankin SquareColumbusDistrict1977
Reich Dry Goods CompanyColumbusBuilding2004
RidgewoodUpatoiBuilding1980
Roberts, John Spencer, HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Rose Hill SchoolColumbusBuilding2022
Rosenberg, Max, HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Rothschild's, David, Wholesale Dry GoodsColumbusBuilding1980
Rothschild, David, HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Secondary Industrial SchoolColumbusBuilding1980
Silver's Five and Dime Store-H.L. Green Co.ColumbusBuilding2005
Sixteenth Street SchoolColumbusBuilding1980
Southern Railway Freight DepotColumbusBuilding1997
Spencer, William Henry, HouseColumbusBuilding1978
Springer Opera House NHLColumbusBuilding1970
St. Christoper's Normal and Industrial Parish SchoolColumbusBuilding1980
St. ElmoColumbusBuilding1971
St. John ChapelColumbusBuilding1980
Swift Manufacturing CompanyColumbusDistrict2014
Swift-Kyle HouseColumbusBuilding1973
Tarver, C.B., BuildingColumbusBuilding2005
Thomas, Alma, HouseColumbusBuilding2009
Triangle BuildingColumbusBuilding1980
Trinity Episcopal ChurchColumbusBuilding1980
Turner, Charles E., HouseColumbusBuilding1980
U.S. Post Office and CourthouseColumbusBuilding1980
W. Jacob Burrus HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Walker-Peters-Langdon HouseColumbusBuilding1969
Waverly TerraceColumbusDistrict1983
Wells-Bagley HouseColumbusBuilding1969
Weracoba-St. Elmo Historic DistrictColumbusDistrict1994
Wolfson Printing and Paper Co.ColumbusBuilding1980
Woodruff, Ernest, HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Woodruff, Henry Lindsay, HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Woodruff, Henry Lindsay, Second HouseColumbusBuilding1980
Woolfolk, John W., HouseColumbusBuilding1979
Wynn HouseColumbusBuilding1972
Wynn's Hill-Overlook-Oak Circle Historic DistrictColumbusDistrict2005
Wynnton AcademyColumbusBuilding1972
Wynnton Village Historic DistrictColumbusDistrict2005
WynnwoodColumbusBuilding1972
Y.M.C.A.ColumbusBuilding1980

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Muscogee was formed in 1825 (1825-06-09) from unknown / original county.

Section the Second (now MUSCOGEE) created from Non-County Area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Muscogee County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

207k105k3,50818301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,50811,69916,58419,32229,83644,19575,494118,028158,623170,108186,291206,922

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

22 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 22 of 22 listed
NameLatLon
Bealwood Cemetery32.50486-84.96687
County Line Church Cemetery32.54637-84.70514
East Porterdale Cemetery32.45327-84.97843
Evergreen Memory Gardens Cemetery32.44126-84.91697
Green Acres Cemetery32.4716-84.87389
Jenkin Cemetery32.58207-84.83164
Linwood Cemetery32.47764-84.98298
Locust Hill Church Cemetery32.56641-84.84264
McFarlan Cemetery32.57985-84.76465
Mealing Cemetery32.53812-84.9663
Mount Gilead Cemetery32.58569-84.9466
Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery32.55596-84.97581
Parkhill Cemetery32.49736-84.92354
Patrick Cemetery32.46506-84.91109
Phillips Cemetery32.55208-84.72437
Pitts Chapel Cemetery32.55536-84.84043
Porterdale Cemetery32.45319-84.98159
Providence Church Cemetery32.43392-84.90157
Riverdale Cemetery32.4493-84.9766
Russel Cemetery32.56846-84.83604
Water Shiloh Cemetery32.55522-84.97171
Willis Cemetery32.57849-84.80529
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Commonwealth32.53986-84.81187
Esquiline32.4182-84.9241

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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