Council, Georgia

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

History

A post office called Council was established in 1909, and remained in operation until 1958.[2] The community was named after C. C. and John M. Council, proprietors of a local sawmill.[3]

gollark: So companies are supposed to just give goods to their "friends"...?
gollark: To some extent, but it's fuzzier, and how is that meant to work for *factories* or whatever?
gollark: And it's (very roughly) gotten by providing stuff people want, so organizations which can do that can pay more than ones which can't.
gollark: And "who can pay most" is simple and objective.
gollark: For example, you're incentivised to not spent unreasonable amounts of it, because you have finite amounts of it and it's hard to get.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Council, Georgia
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 52. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.

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