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The first permanent white settlement in Jackson County began near present-day Commerce on January 20, 1784, when German immigrant William Dunson was awarded a land grant on Little Sandy Creek. The settlement was named "Groaning Rock", [ 6 ] supposedly because of a nearby hollow rock formation that produced a moaning sound when the wind passed ...
Toomsboro was founded when the Central of Georgia Railway was extended to that point. Its railroad terminal was built in 1869. [4]On August 30, 1871, Matthew Deason, a white man, and an African American woman who was possibly his wife, Serena Dul Cat C. Johnson (Georgia Marriages 1699–1944 in Wilkinson County Georgia) were lynched in Toomsboro by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Near the end of 1930, SR 36 was extended along the previously unnumbered road from Danielsville to Commerce. [5] [6] Just over a year later, SR 98 was designated from Maysville to Homer. [2] [3] A few months later, this segment had a "sand clay or top soil" surface. [7] [8] Five years later, SR 98 was extended southeast to Commerce.
ZIP Code: 02062. Area code: 339 / 781: FIPS code: 25-50250: GNIS feature ID: 0619460: Website: www.norwoodma.gov: Norwood is a town and census-designated place in ...
, Georgia, 30529-2632 United States: Coordinates: 1]: District information; Grades: Pre-kindergarten – 12: Superintendent: Billy Kirk: Accreditation(s): Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Georgia Accrediting Commission: Students and staff; Enrollment: 1,785 (2022–23) [2]: Faculty: 128.50 [2]: Student–teacher ratio: 13.89 [2]: Other information; Telephone: (706) 335-5500: Fax ...
ZIP codes: 30274, 30296. ... FIPS code: 13-65464 [2] GNIS feature ID: 0321635 [3] Website: www.riverdalega.gov [4] Riverdale is a city in Clayton County, Georgia ...
The DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce calls the area the "International Corridor." [ 13 ] DeKalb–Peachtree Airport: DeKalb–Peachtree Airport is the third-largest payer of property taxes in DeKalb County, responsible for an estimated 7,300 jobs, and generates approximately $130 million in income for local residents.
Epworth is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fannin County, Georgia, United States.As of the 2010 census it had a population of 480. [1] It lies at an elevation of 1,703 feet (519 m) in the north-central part of the county.