Cole City is an extinct town in Dade County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. [1] A variant name was "Cole". [1]
History
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Cole City as a town in 1873, with municipal corporate limits extending in a two-mile (3.2 km) radius from the main entrance of the Dade Coal Company coal mine. [2] The community was named after Colonel E. W. Cole. [2] The town's charter was officially dissolved in 1995 [3] along with those of many other inactive Georgia municipalities.
See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cole City
- ^ a b Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia. J. Johnston. 1873. p. 127.
- ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
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