Laingkat, Georgia

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Railroad crossing on Georgia State Route 241 at the former site of Laingkat FGA GA-241 railroad crossing.jpg
Railroad crossing on Georgia State Route 241 at the former site of Laingkat

Laingkat is an extinct town in Decatur County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. [1] A variant name is "Land Cat". [1]

History

The community was named after Langkat, in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, the origin of a type of tobacco grown locally in Georgia. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laingkat
  2. ↑ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 128. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.

30°43′10″N84°29′18″W / 30.71944°N 84.48833°W / 30.71944; -84.48833


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