BURWELL: First recorded in February 1, 1884, issue of Carroll Free Press: "A post office has been established at Shiloh campground by the name of “Burwell."
CLEM: When the railroad came in 1873-1874, the Coleman brothers owned a sawmill, a gristmill, a tanning yard, and perhaps a buggy shop. When Mr. Croft (who worked for railroad; Croft Street in Carrollton is named after him), the Coleman brothers wanted to name to railroad depot, Coleman. Mr. Croft looked at the railroad ledger, and there already was a Coleman, Georgia, and he proposed and abbreviation of Clem. --Story told to Curtis L. Spivey by M. T. Fuller, in approximately 2004. Story recounted to Blynne Olivieri Parker and William Drumm by Spivey, 22 June 2022.
TRICKUM: Early name for the community of Lowell.
BUDAPEST: Community, largely Hungarian, in Haralson County east of Tallapoosa. There used to be a Catholic chapel there, which burned down in the 1970s according to an Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Carrollton, GA) parishioner. For more information, see book, Southern roots of Budapest (2013). More information might also be found in book held by West Georgia Regional Library System, Down the Red Dirt Road: The Budapest, Nitra and Tokai Settlements of Haralson County, Georgia by Joseph F. Conley in 2019.
CENTRALHATCHEE: Incorporated August 15, 1903. Named after Centralhatchee Creek.
CORINTH: Incorporated December 21, 1839. Named for the famous cross-roads of Corninth, Greece.
EPHESUS: Incorporated March 3, 1964. Was once known as Lofton.
FRANKLIN: Might have been a village there as early as 1770. Incorporated December 26, 1831. Named for Benjamin Franklin.
GLENLOCH: The name is of Scotch origin meaning “Glen Lake” or “Lake-In-A-Glen.”
HOUSTON: Incorporated December 23, 1840. Also known as Liberty Hill. Named for Rev. H.W. Houston, a Baptist preacher.
TEXAS: Named during the 1844 presidential contest when the expansionist movement became popular over the annexation of Texas Territory.
ROOSTERVILLE: Two tales have been told on the name of this community. (1) The first thing sold there was a rooster or (2) because of all the roosters crowing.
STATE LINE: Early community at or near the present site of Waresville.