Town of Buckhead

In 1933 the Georgia Railroad was granted a charter, and the town of Buckhead became a layover spot for the trains, which were not allowed to run on the Sabbath.  The town was incorporated in 1887, but it was never recorded.  After reapplication, a charter was issued in 1908. At one time, Buckhead had four general stores, a meat market, two drug stores, a cotton buyers' office, a barber shop, three restaurants, a hotel, a blacksmith's shop, two corn mills, a livery stable, a cotton gin, and a saw mill.  However, like many small towns, things changed with the depression and the boll weevil.  It's a quiet country town now, where some of the descendants of the original settlers still find it a nice place to live. Buckhead is also Morgan County's access to living on Lake Oconee.

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