Spring Place, Georgia | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Georgia#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Spring Place |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Murray |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 709 |
Coordinates: | 34.7581°N -84.8211°W |
Area Code: | 706 & 762 |
Blank Name: | GNIS ID |
Blank Info: | 356549 |
Spring Place (also Poinset, Springplace) is an unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia, United States.[1]
A post office was established at Spring Place in 1826.[2] The community took its name from Spring Place Mission, a nearby Native American Moravian mission.[3]
Spring Place held the county seat of Murray County from 1834 until the seat was transferred to Chatsworth in 1913.[4]
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Spring Place as a town in 1885.[5] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.
Kate Galt Zaneis (1887-1973), educator, was born in Spring Place.[6]
Chief Vann House Historic Site is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Murray County, Georgia as the Vann House.