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Moreland, Georgia

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Eventually these buildings were donated to the town of Moreland and are now used to house town offices, public meeting spaces, and the Hometown Heritage Museum. Memorabilia that was once displayed in the Lewis Grizzard Museum in an old service station was moved to the historic Moreland Mill on Main
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The construction of a train station in 1888 was the event that led to the formation of the present town. The community was renamed Moreland on September 1, 1888, and incorporated on December 28, 1888. The town was laid out with the train station at its center and the boundaries extending one half
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W.A. Brannon opened a store in 1894 and later other business ventures. Hard economic times forced him out of business and his buildings were sold in 1920. The Moreland Hosiery Mill was located in these buildings for several years. In 1926, new investors bought this property and opened Moreland
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In the early days of Moreland, cotton was the most important contributor to the local economy. Fruit crops were also a factor including peaches, plums, pears, and grapes. An economic shift occurred during the 1920s after the devastation of the cotton crop by the boll weevil. Diseases and bad
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The town of Moreland traces back to the community of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church. This church was built in 1843 for the farmers who had mostly come to this area as part of the Georgia Land Lottery of 1827. Upon the arrival of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad in 1852, the center of this
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In 2000, the median income for a household in the town was $ 45,375, and the median income for a family was $ 58,000. Males had a median income of $ 32,500 versus $ 31,042 for females. The
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community shifted southward. It had a wood and water stop for trains and was called Puckett Station.
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Knitting Mills. This was the town’s major industrial employer until the business closed in 1968.
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of 2000, there were 393 people, 150 households, and 109 families residing in the town. By the
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for the town was $ 17,846. About 8.2% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the
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leads north with US-29 to Newnan and south 5 miles (8 km) to
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passes through the town, leading north 7 miles (11 km) to
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weather eventually wiped out the commercial peach orchards.
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Index

Town
Moreland Welcome Center
Location in Coweta County and the state of Georgia
Coweta County
Georgia
33°17′8″N 84°46′7″W / 33.28556°N 84.76861°W / 33.28556; -84.76861
Country
State
Georgia
County
Coweta
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern (EST)
DST
UTC-4
ZIP code
Area code
770
FIPS code
GNIS
morelandgausa.com
Coweta County
Georgia
2020 census
Erskine Caldwell
Lewis Grizzard


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