Alvaton, Georgia

Alvaton is an unincorporated community in Meriwether County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1]

History

Alvaton had its start when the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad was extended to that point.[2] A post office was established at Alvaton in 1908.[3] The community was named after one Alva McCrary.[2] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Alvaton as a town in 1911.[4] The town was officially dissolved in 1995.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alvaton, Georgia
  2. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 4. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. Acts and Resolutons of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. State printer. 1911. p. 533.



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