Cobbville, Georgia

Cobbville is an unincorporated community in Telfair County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1]

History

An early variant name was "Cameron Mills", after J. W. Cameron, the proprietor of a local gristmill.[1][2] A post office called "Cobbsville" was established in 1851, and remained in operation until 1935.[3]

gollark: My view is generally that quite a lot of political/economic problems are really hard to do anything about and cannot be trivially solved by doing something to some scapegoat.
gollark: Just saying "prevent corruption" isn't a very useful thing to say, I mean, since most people don't like it but can hardly do much about it.
gollark: That sounds more like a vague goal than something actionable.
gollark: Oh dear.
gollark: So it's more like "things Denmark and Sweden do and why I think they're great"?

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cobbville
  2. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 32. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.