Georgia

On February 14, 1853, John Alexander Case platted Georgia, which was a station on the B and O Railroad. The community had a post office from February 12, 1857 until September 28, 1917. A school was discontinued c. 1935. There were country stores run by Elsworth Cox and William Doughty in the early 1900s.

Today not much of the Lawrence County community remains. Georgia Road runs parallel with the railroad and SR 60. At least two railroad buildings bear the name Georgia. A cemetery is located just south of SR 60 and the railroad on Tolliver Road.

One story that lives on is that of John W. Landreth and Roswell Shields. Landreth killed Shields, his neighbor, at the Cox Store after some trouble over a sheep-killing dog. Landreth was sentenced to life in prison and died 1940.

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Source: Baker, Ronald L. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier place names in folklore and history. Bloomington: Indiana Press, 1995. Print.