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The United States Post Office-Baxley, Georgia on Tippins Street in Baxley in Appling County, Georgia is a Colonial Revival-style post office built in 1935–1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Baxley was first settled as a result of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad being built through Appling County in 1870. Originally, it was a railroad depot known as Station Number 7, but soon was named Baxley (after one of the community's first settlers, Wilson Baxley of North Carolina). [5] Baxley incorporated in 1875. [6]
The southern two-thirds of Appling County, south of a line from Graham to Baxley, then running due east from Baxley, is located in the Little Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys River-Satilla River basin. The northern third of the county is located in the Altamaha River sub-basin of the basin by the same name. [12]
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia is ranked 15th in the county, with 19.7 gun deaths per 100,000 residents, putting it just outside the category of the ...
Appling County's county seat was located at Holmesville from 1828 until 1874, when it was transferred to Baxley. [3] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the Town of Holmesville in 1854. [4] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995. [5]
The first editor of the Baxley News-Banner was Warren P. Ward in 1884. Mr. Ward was the founder of the Baxley Banner which later became the Baxley News-Banner. From 1897-1902, the editors were John C. Geiger, J.H. Thomas, Julius King, N.L. Stafford, and George D. Lowe. In 1902, the editors were Charles H. Parker and John C. Bennett.
U.S. Route 341 (US 341) is a 224-mile-long (360 km) U.S. highway entirely in the U.S. state of Georgia.It travels diagonally across southern Georgia (but is signed as north–south) from Brunswick at US 17/SR 25 to Barnesville at US 41/SR 7/SR 18.
WJCL anchors at the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship media day. The station began operations on July 18, 1970. [2] It was the fourth television station to launch in Savannah and immediately became the area's first-ever primary ABC affiliate.