Baxter, Georgia

Unincorporated community in Georgia, United States
34°44′19″N 84°04′29″W / 34.73861°N 84.07472°W / 34.73861; -84.07472CountryUnited StatesStateGeorgiaCountyUnionElevation2,129 ft (649 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area codes706 & 762GNIS ID331107[1]

Baxter is an unincorporated community in Union County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1]

History

A post office called Baxter was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1953.[2] Baxter was located inland away from railroads.

In 1984 US Army Sgt. Major Ira T. Harkins retired from Fort Hood and purchased the land and moved there with his wife, Pauline Harkins and built a home where the boarding house once stood. The boarding house was moved adjacent to the Post Office building, where both still stand to this day as private property.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baxter, Georgia
  2. ^ "Union County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. ^ Candler, Allen Daniel; Evans, Clement Anselm (1906). Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons. State historical association. p. 146.
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