The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Milan was founded in the 1880s when the railroad was extended to that point. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Milan as a town in 1891. The city was named after Milan, in Italy.
On May 25, 1919, at the age of 72, a black man named Berry Washington defended two young black girls who were attacked by two drunken white men. A mob of 75 to 100 white men hung him from a post, then shot his corpse to pieces. In spite of a $1,000 reward offered by Governor Dorsey, no one was ever arrested.
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Start Milan’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Milan’s history is told.
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Nothing in Milan is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Milan has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is South Georgia College Administration Building in McRae-Helena, 9.5 miles away.
Milan and the nearest listed places
Closest to Milan
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.