The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community which later became Pitts began as a settlement in the area of the home of Lyston Clyde Peebles Sr., two miles east of the Alapaha River. Brock Owens and Ashley J. Pitts operated the first store there in the mid-1880s. Pitts was called Kings' Crossing at the time. When application was made for a post office, the Postmaster General preferred a shorter name. J.A. King suggested the name Pitts, in honor of his son-in-law, Ashley J. Pitts. The name was accepted, and the post office was established on 1 November 1888 with Pitts as postmaster.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Pitts as a town in 1905.
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Nothing in Pitts is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pitts has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Rochelle Historic District in Rochelle, 5.3 miles away.
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