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Although there is some doubt about whom the City of Jesup is named for, there is no doubt it became Jesup on October 24, 1870. At the time Jesup was part of Appling County. Ambling along as Station Number 6 on the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, the town grew into a city primarily due to the efforts of its first mayor, Willis Clary. Clary had first ...
The John W. C. Trowell House in Jesup in Wayne County, Georgia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1] It is a Queen Anne-style house built in 1902. It was home of John W. C. Trowell (b.1862 in Screven County, Georgia, d.1939 in this house) and his wife Ella née Butler (c.1865-1951). [2]
Jesup was named for Thomas Jesup, a general during the Second Seminole War. [7] The area was then part of Appling County, Georgia. On August 27, 1872, eastern sections of Appling land districts 3 and 4 were added to Wayne County. [8] In 1873, the seat of Wayne County was transferred to Jesup from Waynesville. [9]
The newspaper was created in 1977 from the merging of two competing newspapers, the Wayne County Press and the Jesup Sentinel, both of which probably existed most of a century before that time. [1] The earlier origins of the paper are difficult to verify, as most records were destroyed in a fire in 1926, but certain pieces of information date ...
It serves the communities of Jesup, Odum, and Screven. The elementary schools in Jesup were formerly grade centers (in which different elementary school grades were divided into multiple campuses, so the district's entire student body went to the same schools), but by 2009-2010 they were scheduled to be K-5 neighborhood schools. [citation needed]
Wayne County High School is located in Jesup, Georgia, United States. It is the only public high school in Wayne County. The school was founded in 1966 from the consolidation of Jesup, Odum, Screven and Northside high schools. Originally located on Orange Street, it moved to its current campus in 2002.
Jesup station is a railroad station in the city of Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia, United States. Located at 176 Northwest Broad Street, the station is currently in use for service on Amtrak 's Silver Meteor and bypassed by their Auto Train and Floridian .
Pages in category "People from Jesup, Georgia" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.