CAMPBELLTON
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NAME: Campbellton COUNTY: Fulton ROADS: 2WD GRID: 3 CLIMATE: Hot BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime |
COMMENTS:
2 state highways bypass the old town, along
the highways are a few typical rurul establishments - gas station, a few
residences. Off the highway is a small grid of streets which is the heart
of the town. I would recomend entering town along cochran rd. - though this
isn't that far out of atlanta it is a winding 1 lane dirt road that follows
the chattahoochee river over 2 old bridges. Some sites: http://www.Davidmarsh.Com/campbell.html http://www.Rootsweb.Com/~gacampbe/ REMAINS: 2 churches, 3 cemetaries, a masonic lodge, & a 2 story house that is falling apart. |
| Campbellton was founded as the county seat of Campbell County around 1830. Campbellton had a couple 1000 people living until Fairburn grew after the opening of the railroad. A Civil War battle was fought nearby (soldiers buried at a Methodist Church). By the 1870's the county seat moved to Fairburn & led to the disintigration of the town. Campbell County went bankrupt in the Depression & was consolidated into Fulton County. The town then sold the old Court House to someone that used the bricks for a garage. The remnants of the town square is a memorial. Submitted by: Joseph B Morrow |
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