Baldwin
County
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| Allen Mill | East Baldwin. See Old Mills |
| Andes | Community in Northwest Baldwin on Old Monticello Rd |
| Asylum | Post office for state asylum, discontinued in 1891 |
| Black Springs | Old community in East Baldwin on Sparta Hwy. |
| Blandy / Blandy Hills | Was railroad stop for prison farm. Now
public schools, football stadium and Board Of Education facilities are located here. |
| Browns Crossing | Community located on the Macon Hwy.49 (Old Garrison Road) and Brown's Crossing Road. Railroad station named in honor of David Pickney Brown. Post office here in 1912. Population in 1910 - 75. Population in 1923 - 26. Brown, Chandler, Williamson, Bonner, and Digby are a few of the families that lived here. |
| Carling | was a railroad station in Midway near Allen's Sanitarium |
| Coopers | Southwest Baldwin. Named after Thomas J. Cooper |
| Dovedale | Northwest Baldwin Co. Myrick and Stiles families lived here. Pop. 40 in 1923. |
| Hamp Brown Bottom | An old African American community east of capitol square. It host a festival annually. |
| Hardwick | Created 1912, named after Governor Thomas Hardwick. Near Midway |
| Harrisburg | Old African American community In
Hardwick, named after Solomon Harris |
| Meriwether | Railroad Station/Post Office, Community NW county. Population 25 in 1910. Population 100 in 1923. Harper, Napier, Wynn families lived here. |
| Milledgeville | 1890 Businesses ~ County seat. Population in 1910 - 4,385 ~ Mayors |
| Montpelier | Old Montpelier near Oconee, New Montpelier community on Hwy 22 East |
| Mosleyville | Community near Central State Hospital. |
| Mount Pleasant | Community in SW Baldwin. Allen, Hubbard, Cristwell, Tollison families lived here. |
| Myrick | North Baldwin near junction of Little River and Oconee River. Named for Myrick family who lived here on their Riverside plantation on Little River. Myrick's ferry was here. |
| Oconee Old Town | Was old Indian town south of Milledgeville on Oconee River |
| Pancras | Community SW Baldwin Gordon Hwy area |
| Salem | Old community east of Oconee River |
| Sandtown | Old community on Sparta Hwy northeast Baldwin. Old maps |
| Scottsboro | Old community S of Milledgeville |
| Stevens Pottery | Community south west Baldwin, 1 mile from Coopers, named after Henry Stevens. Population 200 in 1910 and 1923 |
| Trilby | Community in south Baldwin/Toomsboro Hwy. near Black Creek in Scottsboro District. Families here were Halls, Humphries, Barnes, Slater, Bland, Richardson and Sibley |
| Underwood | Was a community in East Baldwin, near Hancock County line |
Central State Hospital History
Baldwin County Georgia Militia Districts
105, Gumm
115, Salem
318 Meriweather
319, Pittsburg
320,
Milledgeville
321 Scottsboro - Midway and Hardwick were taken from
District 321 in 1912
322 Halls
1714th 5th Land District - listed
as 321 District in census records
Census Districts
1860
City of
Milledgeville, Wards 1 - 6
includes Penitentiary of the State of
Georgia
Scottsboro District,
includes Lunatic Asylum for the State
of Georgia
Hill's District
Pittsburg District
Smith's District
Gumm's District
Salem District
1870
Gumm District 105
Halls
District 322
Milledgeville 320
Not Stated
Pittsburgh Militia
District 319
Salem 115
Scottsboro 321
Smiths District
1880
District 1 Militia District No 105, 320 including city of
Milledgeville
District 2 Militia District No 115
District 4
Militia District No 322
District 5 Militia District No 319
District 6 Militia District No 318
1900
105 Gumms
115 District
Salem
318 District Meriwether
319 District Pittsburg
321
District
322 District
Milledgeville 1 Ward
Milledgeville 4
Ward
Milledgeville 5 Ward
Milledgeville 6 Ward
Statefarm
1910
1-WD MILLEDGEVILLE
2-WD MILLEDGEVILLE
3-WD
MILLEDGEVILLE
318-DIST
321-MILITIA DIST
4-WD MILLEDGEVILLE
5-WD MILLEDGEVILLE
6-WD MILLEDGEVILLE
COOPERS DIST 322
GUMM
DIST 105
PITTSBURG DIST 319
SALEM DIST 115
SCOTTSBORO PCT
1920
Brown's Crossing
Georgia State Sanitarium
Milledgeville
Coopers
Gumm
Salem
Georgia State Penitentiary
Meriwether
Scottsboro
Georgia State Reformatory
Midway
1930
Browns
Crossing
Coopers
Gumm
Meriwether
Midway
Milledgeville
Salem
Scottsboro
201 E. Greene St. Old Capital Building , Georgia Military College |
601 W. Hancock St. Milledgeville, GA |
| Georgia's Old Capital Heritage | Located in the Old Train Depot on Broad Street on the campus of CSH and highlights the 150 year existence of the hospital. For information call (478) 445-6889. |
Herty Hall, Georgia College State University 478-445-0809 Opened Nov. 9, 2004 |
33 minature replicas of some houses, buildings and more, in Coopers and Stevens Pottery. Mrs. Cullen Lee Wood, 257 Coopers Rd., Coopers |
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