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The Oconee and Little Rivers are the chief streams.
Eatonton is the County seat, 22 miles from Milledgeville. Named for William Eaton, a military hero from Connecticut. In 1808 the site for Eatonton was laid off into streets and squares, each square being divided into six half acre lots and sold at public auction on 15 Apr 1808. Log Courthouse was built on the town square in 1810.
Glade Cross Roads is a small village.
Meda,
a post-hamlet of Putnam county, is on the Covington & Milledgeville
division of the Central of Georgia railway, about five miles south of
Eatonton.
Rockville, a post-hamlet of Putnam county, is eight miles east of
Eatonton, which is the nearest railroad station.
Stanfordville, a post-hamlet in
the southwestern part of Putnam county, is in the Murder creek valley,
about seven miles northeast of Hillsboro, which is the most convenient
railroad station.
Willard, a post-village of
Putnam county, is a station on the Covington branch of the Central of
Georgia railroad, about ten miles northwest of Eatonton. It has a few
stores, with good local trade, and does some shipping, both by freight
and express.
Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Vol II, by Candler & Evans, 1906; Historical Collection of Georgia by George White, 1855, page 588
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