Grooverville
Grooverville is an unincorporated community in Brooks County, Georgia, United States. It was once known as Key and was located at the crossing of the Thomasville and Madison and Sharpe's Store Road, which was in Thomas County prior to the creation of Brooks County from Lowndes and Thomas counties in 1858. Grooverville was incorporated on December 8, 1859. The charter of Grooverville was terminated by an act of the Georgia Legislature effective July 1, 1995. Since then, Grooverville has been granted status as Grooverville Historic Township by State of Georgia, Department of Community Affairs. Grooverville Methodist Church and Liberty Baptist Church, the later listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 2013, are locate ...
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Grooverville Methodist Church
Grooverville Methodist Church is a historic church in Grooverville, Georgia. It was first established on the plantation of William H. Ramsey in 1832 (about miles southwest of the church's present location). It became the largest church on a circuit that included Grooverville, Georgia; Prospect, Georgia; Beulah, Georgia and Hickory Head, Georgia. Ramsey had three grandsons who became Methodist ministers in Georgia conferences.Georgia Historical Commission marker, 1966
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