Esom Hill, Georgia

Esom Hill is an unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1]

History

The first permanent settlement at Esom Hill was made in 1848.[2] A post office called Esom Hill has been in operation since 1850.[3] The community's name honors the Esom family.[4]

gollark: Idea: write a Macron "macro" to be the government.
gollark: Exactly. Just reallocate funds to the president and also the osmarks.net foundation™.
gollark: It would only be about a quarter of average government budget under my proposal.
gollark: Have a "president-satisfying tax" of course!
gollark: This is also an incentive to run the economy better, as the only valuable metric for a country is how well the economy happens to be operating at the time, as it is not mostly random noise etc.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Esom Hill, Georgia
  2. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  3. "Polk County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. "Polk County". Calhoun Times. 1 September 2004. p. 99. Retrieved 26 April 2015.



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