Hilton, Georgia

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Hilton is an unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia, United States, east of the Chattahoochee River and Columbia, Alabama and west of Blakely. Georgia State Route 62 (SR 62) and Georgia State Route 370 (SR 370) pass through the community. SR 370 ends in Hilton on SR 62. SR 62 ends two miles west of the community. Alabama State Route 52 ends at the Georgia state line, east of Hilton.

Early County, Georgia County in the United States

Early County is a county located on the southwest border of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,008. The county seat is Blakely, where the Early County Courthouse is located. Created on December 15, 1818, it was named for Peter Early, 28th Governor of Georgia. The county is bordered on the west by the Chattahoochee River, forming the border with Alabama.

Georgia (U.S. state) State of the United States of America

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States. It began as a British colony in 1733, the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established. Named after King George II of Great Britain, the Province of Georgia covered the area from South Carolina south to Spanish Florida and west to French Louisiana at the Mississippi River. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. In 1802–1804, western Georgia was split to the Mississippi Territory, which later split to form Alabama with part of former West Florida in 1819. Georgia declared its secession from the Union on January 19, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870. Georgia is the 24th largest and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States. From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. Atlanta, the state's capital and most populous city, has been named a global city. Atlanta's metropolitan area contains about 55% of the population of the entire state.

Chattahoochee River River in Florida, United States

The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers and emptying from Florida into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. The Chattahoochee River is about 430 miles (690 km) long. The Chattahoochee, Flint, and Apalachicola rivers together make up the Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin. The Chattahoochee makes up the largest part of the ACF's drainage basin.

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History

Hilton was founded about 1880, and named after Elisha Hilton, a local merchant. [1]

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1889 as the Town of Hilton. [2] The town's charter was dissolved in 1995. [1]

Georgia General Assembly


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Georgia State Route 62 highway in Georgia

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Saffold is an unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia, United States. Its western boundary is the Chattahoochee River also bordering Gordon, Alabama. U.S. Route 84 and SR 370 pass through the community. It is located 20 miles south of Blakely, 21 miles northeast of Dothan, Alabama, five miles south of the Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs Operations, and two miles northwest of Jakin. It is a small unincorporated community near the Alabama state line. At the Georgia state line, U.S Route 84 starts and ends with Saffold the only unincorporated community on the route. Georgia State Route 370 is the first and last state route for SR 62 and U.S. Route 84. In Christmas of 2015, a flood struck Saffold, Gordon, Hilton and Columbia, Alabama.

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References

  1. 1 2 Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 110. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.
  2. ↑ Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia. J. Johnston. 1889. p. 884.

Coordinates: 31°17′18″N85°03′55″W / 31.28833°N 85.06528°W / 31.28833; -85.06528

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