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Wilkinson County, Ga. Towns/Communities
Allentown
Aka Cross Roads, Cool Springs,  Allen's Crossroads. Sits in Wilkinson & Lauren's counties. 1854  Cool Spring Description-  a post-office Of Wilkinson county, Georgia, about 35 miles south from Milledgeville. Incorporated 1901. Dr. E. J. Denson - Mayor;  P. W. L. Meadows, J. W. Allen, W. M. Allen,  J. T. Land and A. H. Rosar, Esqs., -Aldermen
Balls Church
ommunity near Twiggs line, northwest. 1899 Map
Bauxite
Railroad station on Central of Georgia.  1915 Map
Beech Hill
Railroad station on Central of Georgia between Toomsboro and the Oconee River
Bloodworth  aka  Bloodworths'  Store
Was old community north of McIntyre on 441. Voting place at one time.
Boxwood
Community near Twiggs line . 1899 Map
Brooks
Community near Wilkinson/Jones counties line
Carr Corners
Community between Ivey and 441 North near Snow Hill.  Map
Claymont aka Clayfields
Community between McIntyre and Gordon
Cooktown
Community southwest off Hwy 112. 
Danville, Aka Hughes.
Aka Hughes. In Wilkinson & Twiggs counties. Incorporated 1905.  W. R. Hayne- Mayor, J. N. Holloway, J. B. Johnston and L. C. Miller - councilmen
Dedrich/ Dedrick
Central of Ga. railroad stop and community near kaolin company west of McIntyre
Edgars
Central of Ga. railroad stop and community near kaolin company west of McIntyre
Emmitt aka Station 15
1854 Description - a post-village of Wilkinson county, Georgia, on the Central railroad, 40 miles E. from Macon.
"Emmitt was located 1½ miles east of Toomsboro at the home of Thomas McIntyre, a native of Ireland who had come as an assistant of his uncle, of the the contractors who built the Central of Georgia railroad. He bought the land there and built his house there. In 1849 he was accidently killed while repairing the Oconee River bridge. His widow whose maiden name was Sarah Crowell Floyd, of Washington County, contnuted to live with their 2 children Stephen F. and __, at Emmitt."  Victor Davidson, History of Wilkinson County
Friendship
Community Northwest of Irwinton. 1865  Map
Golden's Mill
Community north of McIntyre . See Old Mills
Gordon
Named in honor of W. W. Gordon, the first president of Central of Georgia railroad. "when the land was surveyed, Jackson Leslie owned the land where Gordon now is, his home being located where Ed Ward's house now stands, but he prospect of all his cattle and domestic animals being killed by the trains and the injury to his lands, was so dismaying to thime that he sold his plantation to David Solomon, who built his home which is now the Gordon Hotl. The Gordon and Covington branch of the road was begun in 1851." Victor Davidson, History of Wilkinson County 
1854 Description -  a thriving post-village of Wilkinson county, Georgia, on the Central railroad, at the junction of the Milledgeville railroad, 80 miles E. from Macon. Large quantities of cotton are exported from this place. It has 6 dry-goods stores, and does an extensive grocery
February 2,1861, The New York Times. A Georgia paper states that the town of Gordon, situated on the Central Railroad at the junction of the road to Milledgeville, has, by an ordinance duly drawn up, signed, and adopted by a meeting of the citizens of the place, formally seceded from Wilkinson county, State of Georgia. The narrator proposes to call it the independent City of Gordon.
Howellville 
South west. 1883 map
Kingry
Community northeast county. 1915 Map
Irwinton* 
County Seat. aka Bethel, High Hill. Named after Gov. Jared Irwin Incorporated 1816. First Commissioners : Solomon Worrel, David Roland, Adam Hunter, Peter M'Arthur and William Beck. 
1854 Description-  a pleasant post-vilage, capital of Wilkinson County, Georgia, 20 miles S. from Milledgeville, and 3 miles from the Central railroad. It has a court house, 2 churches, and several stores.
See Irwinton 1870
Ivey
Community northwest of Gordon, on Central of Ga. Railroad. Lake Tchukolaho is here.1899 Map
Lewiston
Community near Twiggs County line on Central of Ga. Railroad
Lightfoot
Community northwest of Toomsboro. 1895 Map
Lindsey 
Community on Hwy. 112 SW
Massey Hill aka Ramah Community
community south of Gordon, Ramah Church & New Hope Church are here 
McDonald
1855 Map Railroad station on Central of Georgia. 1854 Description- a post-village of Wilkinson co., Georgia, on the Central railroad, 18 miles S. from Milledgeville.
McIntyre aka Station No. 16
First a tract of two hundred and one-fourth acres of land was puchased from M.N. Murphy in 1856 and the house now occupied by Henry Price, Jr. (1930), was built. A depot was erected. It was also desired to move the station from Emmitt to the present Toomsboro. A trade was made with Mrs. McIntyre for her lands at Emmitt, giving her the dwelling at McIntyre, making her the new agent for the new depot, and naming the station McIntyre.Victor Davidson, History of Wilkinson County. Post office here in 1859
 Incorporated 1910, Mayor, J. E. Hollomon; Councilmen, W. W. Walden, H. Price, Jr., A. Temples and C. E. Todd. 1916 Map
Milton
Community west of Irwinton. Post office here in 1854. 1865  Map
Mingo
Centered around Salem  Church. Map (History of Mingo)
Mount Carmel 
Community in northern part of county above McIntyre
Nadine
Railroad station on Central of Georgia.1915 Map
Nesbit
Railroad station on Central of Georgia. 1865  Map
New Providence
Community near Twiggs line . 1899 Map
Nicklesville*
Omecron 
Community in southern part of county 
Red Level
Community on 441 S., church was here, cemeteries  1899 Map
Snow Hill
Community northeast of Gordon. Map
Solomon's Mills aka Solons Mills
1865  Map
Stephensville aka Stevensville, Stevens
Community at crossroads of Hwy. 112 and 441 S.Post office here in 1854
Stubb's Store
Community north of Toomsboro on Hwy. 112
Thad's Crossing aka Youngbloods Corner and Black Cat
Named for Thaddeus Youngblood who settled here. Crossing at 441 N, Laurel Branch Church Rd. and  R.C. Starley Rd. Almost unrecognizable since divided highway was built.
Toomsboro/Toombsboro/Toombsborough
Named after Brig. Gen Robert Toombs, aka Station 15, post office here in 1854. Incorporated 1904. H. A. Hall-     Mayor,  W. H. Freeman, J. T. Hobbs, M. W. Pournell, P. C. Lord and J. A. Ashley- Councilmen  1916 Map
Bill Weaver's Toomsboro Pages
Whitaker
Community almost on Twiggs line. 1864 Map
Wriley aka Station No. 16
Was Central of Ga. Railroad station east of McIntyre
"At one time Wriley was the nearest point to Irwinton and probably the biggest shipping point in the county being patronized by the town of Irwinton. Old-timers say that Leroy Fleetwood owned all the land for a great distance all around Wriley, and refused to sell any to the railroad for a warehouse. The CGR made him its agent there and he used his store as the depot.  The narrative goes on the say that he insisted on selling whiskey at his place of business in spite of the protest of the railroad company, thinking that he was so strongly entrenched by owning all the land that the railroad company was obliged to use his store as a depot. Whereupon the company put into effect some sweeping changes. First a tract of two hundred and one-fourth acres of land was puchased from M.N. Murphy in 1856 and the house now occupied by Henry Price, Jr. (1930), was built. A depot was erected. It was also desired to move the station from Emmitt to the present Toomsboro. A trade was made with Mrs. McIntyre for her lands at Emmitt, giving her the dwelling at McIntyre, making her the new agent for the new depot, and naming the station McIntyre. The agency at Wriley was abandoned, and the station at Emmitt moved to Toomsboro." Victor Davidson, History of Wilkinson County
Town Incorporations

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