History · Pine Mountain

Pine Mountain’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Pine Mountain. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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1historic places
0recent photos

The story

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The town began in 1882 when the railroad spread to Pine Mountain from Columbus, and until 1958, the community was known as "Chipley". The name was changed to "Pine Mountain" due to the existence of Callaway Gardens.

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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Pine Mountain

1 place in Pine Mountain is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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In Georgiaby listings · the typical town has 1
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
1986first listedChipley-Pine Mountain Town Hall

Where they are

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When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Death of Gen. Polk Pine Mountain, Kennesaw (1864) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

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