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Alma Depot is a historic site in
Alma, Georgia Bacon County Courthouse Alma is a city in Bacon County, Georgia, United States, and the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 3,433. Alma is known as Georgia's blueberry capital, and hosts a Blueberry Festival each ...
. It is a one-story frame building and was constructed in 1906 in a style similar to many of the era.http://railga.com/Depots/alma.html It is located on Dixon Street and 11th Street. Alma was the first stop of a logging railroad which had been constructed in 1887. When a turpentine company was started about 1899, Alma got its name and a post office. The town was incorporated in 1904. Alma became the county seat of Bacon County when the county was created in 1914. For the first few decades of the town's existence, Alma saw growth along the railroad and around the depot. with At its peak from 1906 until the 1920s, as many as six passenger trains per day stopped at the depot. Passenger service stopped in 1952 and freight service stopped later. It was added to 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 ...
in 1983.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Bacon County, Georgia This is a list of properties and districts in Bacon County, Georgia that are 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 distr ...
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Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad The Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad (B&B) was a railroad in southeastern United States. It was chartered on December 11, 1900. In 1902–03, it built a line from Brunswick, Georgia to Offerman, Georgia and a line from Bushnell, Georgia ...


References

{{reflist Railway stations in the United States opened in 1906 Buildings and structures in Bacon County, Georgia Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Atlantic Coast Line Railroad stations Railway stations closed in 1952 Former railway stations in Georgia (U.S. state)