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Watkinsville is the largest town and county seat of Oconee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 2,896. It served as the seat of Clarke County until 1872 when the county seat of that county was moved to Athens, a move which ultimately led to the creation of Oconee County in 1875.
The Watkinsville lynching was a mass lynching that occurred in Watkinsville, Georgia, United States on June 30, 1905. The lynching, which saw a large mob seize 9 men from a local jail and kill 8 of them by gunfire, has been described as "one of the worst episodes of racial violence ever in Georgia."
South Main Street Historic District (Watkinsville, Georgia) / 33.85833°N 83.40833°W / 33.85833; -83.40833. The South Main Street Historic District of Watkinsville, Georgia is a 35 acres (14 ha) historic district along S. Main St. and Harden Hill Rd. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Watkinsville man buys 1875 serving plate, then tries to identify the silversmith. Andrew A. Lipscomb served as the chancellor of the University of Georgia from 1860 to 1874. When antique collector ...
13 May 1970. The Eagle Tavern is one of the earliest surviving structures in Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia, United States. The Eagle Tavern was built circa 1801 [1] but possibly as early as 1794. [2] In the early part of the 19th century, the city of Watkinsville, Georgia was on the frontier of Creek and Cherokee Indian Territories.
Moore's Ford lynchings. The Moore's Ford lynchings, also known as the 1946 Georgia lynching, refers to the July 25, 1946, murders of four young African Americans by a mob of white men. Tradition says that the murders were committed on Moore's Ford Bridge in Walton and Oconee counties between Monroe and Watkinsville, but the four victims, two ...
Website. www.oconeecounty.com. Oconee County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,799. [1] The county seat is Watkinsville. [2] Oconee County is included in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Epps Bridge Rd., 3 1/2 mi. NW of Watkinsville 33°54′19″N 83°27′13″W / 33.905278°N 83.453611°W / 33.905278; -83.453611 ( William Daniell Watkinsville