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Point Peter, Georgia

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A post office called Point Peter was established in 1849, and remained in operation until 1957. The community was named after one "Pint Peter", a whiskey peddler; a postal error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected. Older variant names are "Glade" and "The Glade".
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Point Peter
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Unincorporated communities in Oglethorpe County, Georgia
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unincorporated community
Oglethorpe County
U.S. state
Georgia


U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Point Peter
"Post Offices"
Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins
ISBN
0-915430-00-2
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Oglethorpe County, Georgia
County seat
Lexington
Cities
Arnoldsville
Crawford
Lexington
Town
Maxeys
Unincorporated
communities

Bairdstown
Hutchins
Palmetto
Point Peter
Philomath
Sandy Cross

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