(The year this city/town first appeared on the map)
Allon ~ Allon was named by a Frenchman by the name of Grief Cheeves. The word meaning in French "In The Woods". The Atlanta Sand Plant is located at this point at present.
Avondale (1910)
Beechwood (1915)
Bonds (1915)
Bowers (1895)
Calhouns Ferry (1839)
Ceres (1883)
Chance (1895)
Clark's Mill (1883)
Crawleys (1895)
Cullodens (1839)
Denmark (1915)
Echocuna (1839)
Ettaville (1883)
Everett (1885)
Everetts (1864)
Fort Lawrence (1823)
Fort Valley (1839)
Francesville (1839) ~ After the death of Benjamin Hawkins, the old Indian Agency began to degenerate. Then Frances Bacon of Massachusetts, who married Hawkins' daughter, Jeffersonia, brought new life to the area by founding the town of Francesville. He sold lots on what was then known as the Federal Wire Road. Eventually the little town had dry goods and grocery stores, a wagon factory, a blacksmith shop, a drugstore, a church, a public school, a tavern, and a post office. Between 1830 and 1850, Francesville had a white population of about 100. With the building of a railroad from Macon to Columbus, Francesville disappeared and has never been rebuilt.
Friendship (1899) ~ According to the USGS Mapping Information, Friendship is a populated page that is elevated 570 feet. It is at 324026N latitude and 0835140W longitude.
Gaillard (1904) ~ Gaillard was named in honor of the engineer who surveyed the Southern Railroad line at this point because previous surveyors could not remedy the problem of the track being too steep a grade at this location. The Gaillard cut in the Panama Canal is also named in his honor because he also surveyed that portion of the canal.
Gaillard Station (1899)
Gunter (1899)
Hammett (1915) ~ Hammett was named for the two Hammett brothers who owned and operated a sawmill at this location. They cut cross ties and bridge timbers for the railroad trestles.
Hammacks Grove (1855)
Hammocks Grove (1839)
Hartley (1910)
Hickory Creek (1863)
Hopewell (1839)
Horns (1970)
Knoxville (1823) ~
Four
counties of Georgia were organized by an act approved
December 23, 1822, viz., Dekalb, Bibb, Pike, and Crawford;
and, for the last named of these counties, the site of public
buildings was fixed at a convenient place called Knoxville, in
honor of General Henry Knox, of the Revolution.
The town was incorporated on December 24, 1825, with the
following pioneer residents named as commissioners;
John Harvey, John Vance, Frank Williamson, Jesse Stone,
and Martin T. Ellis. At the same time, a charter was granted to
the Knoxville Academy, with Messrs. James Lloyd,
Coleman M. Roberts, Edward Barker, Levi Stanford, and
William Lockett as trustees. Miss, Joanna E. Troutman, who
designed the Lone Star Flag of Texas, was a resident of
Knoxville, where she was living when the war for Texan
Independence began in 1836.
From Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends, 1997.
Lee-Pope (1895) ~ Lee-Pope was named by the late Mr. W. R. Carr in honor of the Lee and Pope families who lived in the area.
Moran (1910) ~ Moran was named for Mr. Augustus Benjamin Moran, grandfather of Miss Daisy Moran who lived in Moran in 1976. Moran was located on the M. & B. Railroad that ran from Macon to Thomaston. The original plans were to go from Macon to Birmingham, Alabama thus calling it the M. & B. Railroad. The Moran Post Office was opened in 1897 and was closed 15 October, 1955. A Star Mail Route by car served on the post office after the train was discontinued in about 1924 or 1925.
Musella (1895) ~ The name Musella is said to be given in honor of a family whose first names were Mose and Ella. Musella is a combination of their names.
Nakomis (1915)
Old Agency (1823)
Paynes (1895)
Paynes Station (1899)
Pine Level (1839)
Reynolds (1864)
Roberta (1895)
Roena
Rollo
(1915) ~ Rollo was
the location of the first sand loading area in
Crawford County. Sand was loaded in box cars that were
left on the main line track, before side tracks were built.
It is said to be the first place that sand was pumped from
a dry sand bank. The place was named for Mr. A.M. Rollo,
who first loaded sand in Crawford County. Rollo is also the
trade name of sand produced by the Atlanta Sand & Supply Co.
Sandy Point (1865)
Society Hill
Spring Hill (1839)
Squat
Taylor (1883)
Union
Vanoy (1915)
Walnut Grove
Walrick (1915)
Whitewater (1899)
Zarax (1915)
Zenith (1899) ~ Zenith was named by the late Mr. W. R. Carr as being the highest point between Macon and Columbus. Mr. Carr was a large land owner in the area and also owned the large grist mill at Gaillard, which was built by Mr. Josiah Clark. First known as Clark Mill and later as Carr's Mill. The mill was destroyed by tornado in 1924.
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