The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Early County was created by an act of the General Assembly on December 15, 1818. Land lots of 250 acres (1.0 km2) surveyed in 1819 and 1820 were distributed by the state in lotteries. Jakin is in the 26th land district in the southernmost end of the county.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Jakin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jakin’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFlorida [Sarasota County (part) -…, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Jakin
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Jakin, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsJakin city limit, US84 EB2021
CommonsJakin Post Office2021
CommonsJakin Methodist Church2021
CommonsJakin Library and Museum2021
CommonsJakin Fire Rescue Station 2012021
CommonsJakin City Hall2021
CommonsJakin Baptist Church2021
CommonsJakin, Early County GA2020
CommonsJakin, Early County GA (cropped)2020
CommonsGAMap-doton-Jakin20052 historic places in Jakin
2 places in Jakin are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)] (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (11) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.