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History · Haralson

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The first permanent settlement at Haralson was made in the 1820s. Haralson was named for Hugh A. Haralson, a former Georgia congressman, who is also the namesake of Haralson County, Georgia.

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the Town of Haralson in 1907.

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Famous people close to Haralson

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ECErskine CaldwellMoreland · 12 miDoc HollidayDoc HollidayGriffin · 17 miAlan JacksonAlan JacksonNewnan · 16 miWyomia TyusWyomia TyusGriffin · 17 miCTChristian TaylorFayetteville · 16 miEdward AndrewsEdward AndrewsGriffin · 17 mi
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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 photo
GAMap-doton-HaralsonCommonsGAMap-doton-Haralson2005
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Haralson is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Haralson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Carmel Rural Historic District in Haralson, 4.3 miles away.

Haralson and the nearest listed places

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Carmel Rural Historic DistrictHollberg HotelSenoia Historic DistrictWhite Oak Creek Covered BridgeTidwell-Amis-Haynes HouseNew Hebron Baptist Church

Closest to Haralson

Carmel Rural Historic DistrictHaralson · District4.3miHollberg HotelSenoia · Building5.1miSenoia Historic DistrictSenoia · District5.1miWhite Oak Creek Covered BridgeGay · Structure5.6miTidwell-Amis-Haynes HouseTurin · Building6.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Carmel Rural Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Haralson?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Haralson’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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