Brooklet, Georgia
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N 32° 22.791 W 081° 39.780
17S E 437635 N 3582733
Historical marker covering the history of Brooklet, GA located in the shopping district.
Waymark Code: WMXWA3
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2018
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Brooklet, known for its Avenue of Oak trees, took shape at the end of the 19th century on property owned by A. J. Lee. Optimistic citizens built a new town beside the recently completed Savannah & Statesboro Railroad. Dr. H. K. Thayer, an early resident, asked to the U.S. Post Office accept the name of Brooklet for the new town, since a brook ran through it. Before 1899, the area was called Nellwood. The post office was at the home of J. C. Cromley. Brooklet quickly grew, as businesses opened under the names of Clisby Cone, W. C. Parker, J. A. Warnock, and Parrish & Pretorius, Dr. J. M. McElveen and Dr. John I. Lane moved to the new town.
When the town was incorporated in 1907, Dr. Lane was elected its first Mayor. Brooklet became a thriving community in eastern Bulloch County with a school, bank, electric plant, telephone company, general merchandise store, and a large lumber mill owned by J. N. Shearouse. His Shearouse Railroad interested with the S & S Railroad near the center of town. Early churches were Methodist (1904), Baptist (1907), St. Marys AME Church (1907), and Primitive Baptist (1917). Little Bethel Baptist (1893) located to Brooklet in 1953.
Supported by the Jack N & Addie D. Averitt Foundation
Type of Marker: Highway
Sponsor: Jack N & Addie D. Averitt Foundation
Marker #: Not listed
Date: Not listed
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