Origins of Georgia City Names

originally Miltonville, named for Alfarata, an Indian girl popularized in song

uses certian letters of the Decatur and Atlanta Railroad

Cherokee (talonega) "yellow metal" originally Licklog

eastern terminus of the Atlantic & West Point Railroad

to avoid duplication the postmaster sez "just call us nameless" (Laurens County exits 518 & 321 south of Macon off 1-16)

meeting point or union point for the railroads