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Lithia Springs (/ ˈ l ɪ θ iː ə /) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place, formerly incorporated as a city, located in northeastern Douglas County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census , the community had a population of 16,644.
Between the 1880s and World War I, the consumption of bottled lithia mineral water was popular. [2] One of the first commercially sold lithia waters in the United States was bottled at Lithia Springs, Georgia, in 1888. [3] During this era, there was such a demand for lithia water that there was a proliferation of bottled lithia water products.
Lithia Springs Hotel was a grand hotel in Tallapoosa, Georgia built by Ralph L. Spencer between 1881 and 1882. It was the largest hotel in the Southeast in the late 19th century to early 20th century.
Lithia Spring Water 1888 poster. Lithia Springs is an ancient Native American Indian medicinal spring. Until 1838 and the Trail of Tears, Lithia Springs was a healing center for the southern Cherokee Nation. The last Cherokee chief that ruled over the springs was named Ama-Kanasta (Sweetwater) who took his name from the 'sweet water' that ...
Lithia Springs may refer to: Lithia Springs Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania; Lithia Springs, Georgia, formerly a city, located in Georgia, United States; Lithia Springs High School, a high school in Lithia Springs, Georgia; Lithia Springs Campground and Marina, a federal campground and marina at Lake Shelbyville in ...
The county was created during Reconstruction after the American Civil War.The Georgia General Assembly named it after abolitionist Frederick Douglass but later changed the spelling to instead credit former Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas as its namesake, [3] an Illinois senator and the Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election of 1860.
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In Georgia's Gold Lottery of 1832, Philip J. Crask won 40-acre (160,000 m 2) Lot 929 in District 18 of the Second Section and paid $18 grant fee. [3] In 1837, Lot 929 was sold at an auction for $12.50 to John Boyle, who in 1845 sold it for $500 to Charles J. McDonald of Cobb County, a former governor of Georgia, and Colonel James Rogers of ...