Spring Place, Georgia

Spring Place (also Poinset, Springplace) is an unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia, United States.[1][2]

Spring Place
Unincorporated community
Spring Place
Location within the state of Georgia
Spring Place
Spring Place (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°45′29″N 84°49′16″W
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyMurray
Elevation
709 ft (216 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)706 & 762
GNIS ID356549[1]

History

A post office was established at Spring Place in 1826.[3] The community took its name from Spring Place Mission, a nearby Native American Moravian mission.[4]

Spring Place held the county seat of Murray County from 1834 until the seat was transferred to Chatsworth in 1913.[5]

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Spring Place as a town in 1885.[6] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.[4]

Notable person

Kate Galt Zaneis (1887-1973), educator, was born in Spring Place.[7]

Notes
  1. "Spring Place, Georgia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Georgia Department of Transportation-Murray County
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  4. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 211. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  5. "A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF MURRAY COUNTY'S HISTORY". Murray County Museum. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  6. Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Clark & Hines, State Printers. 1885. p. 409.
  7. Oklahoma Historical Society-Kate Galt Zaneis (1887-1973)



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