The roadway that would eventually become SR213 was built between 1921 and the end of 1926 as an unnumbered road from SR11 in Social Circle to SR12 southeast of the city. Its entire length had a "sand clay or top soil" surface. In 1930, it was designated as SR60. In 1937, part of SR142 was established on a path from Farrar to Newborn. At the end of 1940, SR60 was redesignated as SR181. The segment of SR142 was under construction. At the end of the next year, SR181 was redesignated as SR213. In 1942, SR142's segment had completed grading, but was not surfaced. The next year, SR213 was designated on a southern segment. It extended from SR36 south of Covington, then southeast and east to SR11 in Mansfield. It may have also been designated from Mansfield east-northeast to SR142 in Newborn and then north-northwest to SR12 east of Covington; however, these segments were not specifically designated on maps. The SR142 segment had a sand clay or top soil surface.
By the end of 1946, the northern segment of SR213 was redesignated as SR229, which was also designated on the segment of roadway from Newborn to east of Covington. The Mansfield–Newborn segment of SR213 was hard surfaced. By the end of 1948, SR213 was extended east-southeast from Newborn to SR83 in Pennington. From its western terminus to just west-southwest of Mansfield, and from east-southeast of Newborn to Pennington, the highway had a "sand clay, top soil, or stabilized earth" surface. From just west-southwest of Mansfield to east-southeast of Newborn, which included the SR142 segment (with which SR213 had a brief concurrency), it was hard surfaced. In 1953, the segment of SR213 from east-southeast of Newborn to Pennington was hard surfaced. From its western terminus to just west of Mansfield, it had completed grading, but was not surfaced. Between 1955 and the middle of 1957, the western end of SR213 was paved. At the end of the 1950s, all of the highway was paved. In 1972, SR213 was extended southward from Pennington to Eatonton. In 1982, SR213 was decommissioned.
123State Highway Department of Georgia (July 1, 1941). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
1234State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1, 1942). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
123Georgia Department of Transportation (1982). Official Highway and Transportation Map(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
12Georgia Department of Transportation (1983). Official Highway and Transportation Map(PDF) (Map) (1983–1984ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (1921). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (October 1926). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (June 1930). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (November 1930). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (July 1, 1937). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (October 1, 1937). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (October 1, 1940). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1, 1941). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
12State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1, 1943). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1, 1944). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1, 1945). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
12State Highway Department of Georgia (1946). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved March 22, 2025. (Corrected to November 7, 1946.)
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (1948). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC5673161. Retrieved March 22, 2025. (Corrected to February 28, 1948.)
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1, 1953). System of State Roads(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved March 22, 2025. (Corrected to January 1, 1953.)
↑State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1972). Official Highway Map(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
↑Georgia Department of Transportation (January 1973). Official Highway Map(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 22, 2025.