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Welcome to Old Town ...

Old Town is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Old Town, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Old Town is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Old Town lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Old Town ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Old Town - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (5), Florida (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Maine, Maryland (2), Missouri (2), Montana, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina (2), Northwest Territories, Ohio (2), Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Old Town.

Communities near Old Town ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Old Town.

  • Drone
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Drone is located in Burke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
  • Louisville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Davisboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Wrens Station
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Wrens Station is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens Station
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,939 people
  • Wadley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wadley is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,834 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wadley <3>
  • Stapletons Crossroads
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stapletons Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletons Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2019: 393 people
  • Midville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bartow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Kite
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Kite is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kite <3>
  • Summertown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Old Town. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Old Town.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Old Town. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Town.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Town. See our Newspapers Page for Old Town.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Old Town ...

Looking for more information about Old Town? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Old Town, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Old Town.

Adding Old Town to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Old Town in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Old Town was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Old Town post office opened in 1889. The Old Town post office closed in 1890.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Old Town.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Old Town - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/