Spring_Place,_Georgia

Spring Place, Georgia

Spring Place, Georgia

Unincorporated community in Georgia, United States

Spring Place (also Poinset, Springplace) is an unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia, United States.[1][2]

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History

A post office was established at Spring Place in 1826.[3] The community took its name from Spring Place Mission, a nearby Native American Moravian mission.[4]

Spring Place held the county seat of Murray County from 1834 until the seat was transferred to Chatsworth in 1913.[5]

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Spring Place as a town in 1885.[6] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.[4]

Notable person

Kate Galt Zaneis (1887-1973), educator, was born in Spring Place.[7]

Historic Site

Chief Vann House Historic Site is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Murray County, Georgia as the Vann House.

Notes

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spring Place, Georgia
  2. [2]
    Georgia Department of Transportation-Murray County
  3. [3]
    "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  4. [4]
    Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 211. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  5. [5]
    "A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF MURRAY COUNTY'S HISTORY". Murray County Museum. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  6. [6]
    Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Clark & Hines, State Printers. 1885. p. 409.
  7. [7]
    Oklahoma Historical Society-Kate Galt Zaneis (1887-1973)


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