San Barnard, Georgia

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San Barnard is an extinct town in Worth County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1]

History

The community was named after Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153), a French abbot, mystic, and reformer of the Cistercian order. [2] A variant name was "Sanguinard". [1]

San Barnard served as Worth County's county seat in the 1850s. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Barnard
  2. 1 2 Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 197. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.

31°34′12.64″N83°51′34.64″W / 31.5701778°N 83.8596222°W / 31.5701778; -83.8596222


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