Misplaced Pages

Gaillard, Georgia

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Unincorporated community in Georgia, U.S.

Gaillard is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.

History

A post office called Gaillard was established in 1903, and remained in operation until 1951. The community was named after a local surveyor.

Decline

Gaillard was a railroad community that died after the closure of the rail line.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gaillard, Georgia
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 91. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  4. "Q&A with Victoria Simmons author of "Vanished Towns Revisited: Crawford County and Byron, Georgia"". The Telegraph. 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
Municipalities and communities of Crawford County, Georgia, United States
County seat: Knoxville
City
Map of Georgia highlighting Crawford County
CDPs
Other
unincorporated
communities
Ghost town
  • Allon

32°38′37″N 84°00′19″W / 32.64361°N 84.00528°W / 32.64361; -84.00528


Stub icon

This Crawford County, Georgia state location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: