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Spring Place (also Poinset, Springplace) is an unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia, United States.[1][2]

Spring Place
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°45′29″N 84°49′16″W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Murray
Elevation [1]	709 ft (216 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	706 & 762
GNIS ID	356549[1]

History

A post office was established at Spring Place in 1826.[3] The community took its name from Spring Place Mission, a nearby Native American Moravian mission.[4]

Spring Place held the county seat of Murray County from 1834 until the seat was transferred to Chatsworth in 1913.[5]

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Spring Place as a town in 1885.[6] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.[4]

Notable person

Kate Galt Zaneis (1887-1973), educator, was born in Spring Place.[7]

Historic Site

Chief Vann House Historic Site is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Murray County, Georgia as the Vann House.

Notes

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spring Place, Georgia
Georgia Department of Transportation-Murray County
"Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 211. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
"A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF MURRAY COUNTY'S HISTORY". Murray County Museum. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Clark & Hines, State Printers. 1885. p. 409.
Oklahoma Historical Society-Kate Galt Zaneis (1887-1973)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Murray County, Georgia, United States
County seat: Chatsworth
City	Chatsworth	Map of Georgia highlighting Murray County
Town	Eton
Unincorporated communities	Carters Cisco Crandall Dennis Hasslers Mill Holley Ramhurst Spring Place Sumac Tennga Treadwell
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