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Town and Village Sketches
Francis, a post-village
of Berrien county, is a little west of the Allapaha river, on the
Ocilla, Pinebloom & Valdosta railway. The railroad name is
Bostick Station.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by
Renae Donaldson)
Gladys, a post-hamlet of Berrien
county, is located about sixteen miles northeast of Tifton.
Heartsease, on the Atlantic Coast Line, is the nearest railway station.
(Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. VOL III Publ. 1906.
Transcribed by Marilyn Clore)
Glory, a post-village of
Berrien
county, is a station on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, about twelve
miles northeast of Nashville. It has some stores, which do a good
local business, and does considerable shipping. The population in
1900 was 54.
(Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. VOL III Publ. 1906.
Transcribed by Marilyn Clore)
Heartsease, a post-village of
Berrien county, is located on the Atlantic Coast Line railway, about
fifteen miles southeast of Tifton. It has express and telegraph
offices, some mercantile interests, does some shipping and in 1900
reported a population of 146.
(Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. VOL III Publ. 1906.
Transcribed by Angelia Carpenter)
Massee, a post-village of Berrien
county, is on the Nashville &
Sparks railroad, about half-way between the two terminals. The
population in 1900 was 100. It is an important trading and shipping
point for that portion of the county.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim
Mohler)
Milltown, a town in the
southeast corner of Berrien county, was incorporated by act of the
legislature on Dec. 17, 1901. The population the previous year was 175.
It has a money order postoffice,. with several rural free delivery
routes, some mercantile and manufacturing concerns, and is the terminus
of a short railroad, called the Milltown Air Line, that connects with
the Atlantic Coast Line at Naylor.
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Tracy
McAllister]
