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The veggie plate with beet salad, bean salad, hash browns casserole and carrot soufflé at Rachel's Southern Style Restaurant at lunch time in Watkinsville, Ga., on Thursday, July 25, 2024.
Watkinsville is the largest city and county seat of Oconee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census , the city had a total population of 2,896. It served as the seat of Clarke County until 1872 when the county seat of that county was moved to Athens , a move which ultimately led to the creation of Oconee County in 1875.
On Friday, it's making a stop in Watkinsville, as part of its "Breakfast with Friends" series. On Friday, Nov. 1, "Breakfast with Friends" will be at Joe and Sam’s Café, at 1021 Jamestown Blvd ...
The county's name derives from the Oconee, a Muskogean people of central Georgia. The name exists in several variations, including Ocone, Oconi, Ocony, and Ekwoni. [3] Oconee County was created from the southwestern part of Clarke County in 1875 by the Georgia General Assembly.
In 1801 the Clarke County Commission had selected Watkinsville (now in Oconee County) as the county seat. All county offices, including the courts and jail, moved to Athens when the seat was moved on November 24, 1871. County meetings took place in the old Athens town hall, until a new courthouse was constructed in 1876. The present courthouse ...
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The South Main Street Historic District of Watkinsville, Georgia is a 35 acres (14 ha) historic district along S. Main St. and Harden Hill Rd. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It included 19 contributing buildings. [1]
Bibb County Courthouse and Confederate Monument in Macon, GA c.1870s Montezuma: Macon County Confederate Monument (1911). [86] "The first Macon County monument is currently located in Fannie Carmichael Park and faces east. It is a soldier with both hands on his grounded rifle. There are lion heads on each side.