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 Georgia Place Names - Harris County
Georgia Place Names - Harris County


Place Name Shown on Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties Maps Other Information
Acton 1899, 1910, 1915
Barletts Ferry none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.10
Bayard 1899, 1915
Benshoe 1915
Blue Spr. 1865
Byrds Spur 1915
Cataula 1865, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map, called Catula on 1874 map
Catawba 1839, 1855, 1863 name changed to Cataula by 1865
Champion Crossroad none USGS Georgia list
Chipley 1883, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1915, 1952, 1955
Cleola 1899, 1904, 1915, 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map, also called Oak Mountain Sta. on 1899 map
Cochrans Cross Roads 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865 called Cochrans on 1865 map
Copeland 1915
Davis Spur 1915
Don 1883, 1885b
Dowdells Mills none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-16
Ellerslee, Ellerslie 1839, 1846, 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map as Ellerslie 
Farley 1899, 1915
Gibson 1864, 1865
Goodmans Cross Roads none another name for Chipley - Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.61
Granberry's 1885
Grimes 1899, 1910, 1915
Hamilton 1830, 1834, 1839, 1846, 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b current county seat of Harris County
Hannah 1883, 1885b
Hardeman 1899
Hargett 1883, 1885b, 1915
Harris C.H. (Court House) none named changed to Hamilton - Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-24
Hines 1885 called Hine's Tank on 1883 map, Hines Crossing on 1915 map
Hines Crossing 1915 called Hine's Tank on 1883 map, Hines on 1885 map
Hine's Tank 1883, 1885b called Hines 1885 map, Hines Crossing on 1915 map
Hood 1883, 1885, 1885b
Hopewell none USGS Georgia list
Huckabee 1915
Hudson Mill none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.73
Johnson Islands none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.124
Jones Crossroads 1999
Kings Gap 1839, 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865 name changed to Kingsboro by 1883
Kingsboro 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1955 called Kings Gap before 1883
Lickskillet none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.134
Lowe 1864, 1865
Mill 1864 two separate place scalled Mill on 1864 map
Mobley 1899, 1915
Motley none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.100
Mount Airy none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.100
Mountain Cr. 1839
Mountain Hill 1865, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1899, 1915, 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map
Mountainbrook none USGS Georgia list
Mulberry Grove 1839, 1846, 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1899, 1910, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Norway none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.106
Oak 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map, called Oak Mountain on 1915 and 1955 maps
Oak Mountain 1915, 1955 called Oak on 1970 maps
Oak Mountain Sta. 1899 also called Cleola P.O.
Ossahatchie 1895, 1899, 1904, 1915
Paulina 1904, 1910, 1915
Piedmont 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865
Pine Mountain 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Pine Mountain Valley 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Piney Grove none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.115
Pratt none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-42
Redding 1864
Reed none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.122
Rehobeth 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map
Ridgeway 1899, 1910, 1915
Shiloh 1883, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Smiths Crossroads none USGS Georgia list
Stanford's Mill none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.138
Summit none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.141
Tip Top 1895, 1899, 1904,1915, 1955
Turntime Crossroads none USGS Georgia list
Unity 1895, 1899, 1910
Valley Plains 1865
Waverly Hall 1839, 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1883, 1885b, 1895, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map, called Waverly Hill in 1855 and 1863
Whitesville 1846, 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Wisdoms 1865, 1874 name changed to Wisdoms Store by 1883
Wisdoms Store 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1899, 1910, 1915 called Wisdoms on 1865 and 1874 maps

Other Georgia Counties

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow
Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch
Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Campbell Candler Carroll Catoosa
Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton
Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford
Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty
Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin
Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn
Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson
Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper
Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens
Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison
Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Milton Mitchell Monroe
Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding
Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman
Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding
Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair
Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner
Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington
Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson
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