Baxter, Georgia

Baxter, Georgia
Unincorporated community
Baxter, Georgia is located in Georgia
Baxter, Georgia
Baxter, Georgia
Location within the state of Georgia
Baxter, Georgia is located in the United States
Baxter, Georgia
Baxter, Georgia
Baxter, Georgia (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°44′19″N 84°04′29″W / 34.73861°N 84.07472°W / 34.73861; -84.07472
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyUnion
Elevation
[1]
2,129 ft (649 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes706 & 762
GNIS 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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