Piscola, Georgia

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

History

The community takes its name from nearby Piscola Creek.[2]

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gollark: A vaguely convincing argument I heard about the humans-liking-punishment thing is that it effectively works as a species-wide precommitment to punish people for doing bad things, which discourages people from doing those bad things in advance.
gollark: I mean, the only real arguments I can see for it:- humans just like punishing people if they do bad things (for evolutionary psychology reasons?)- a deterrent, but that only works if... people actually believe it as a serious threat
gollark: Also, it's pretty pointless.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piscola, Georgia
  2. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 177. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.

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