In July 1886, the Atlanta and Florida Railway was chartered as the Atlanta and Hawkinsville Railroad to connect

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Hawkinsville, Georgia Hawkinsville is a city in and the county seat of Pulaski County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,589 at the 2010 census. Hawkinsville is known as the "Harness Horse Capital" of Georgia. The Lawrence Bennett Harness Horse Racing fac ...

. The Atlanta and Florida ''Railroad'' name was instituted in 1887, and in November 1888, the railroad reached Fort Valley, 105 miles from Atlanta; however, it never reached Hawkinsville. The company was reorganized as the Atlanta and Florida ''Railway'' in 1893, and the property was sold to the Southern Railway in 1895.

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Storey, Steve. "Atlanta & Florida Railroad," ''Georgia's Railroad History and Heritage''.
Predecessors of the Southern Railway (U.S.) Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Railway companies established in 1893 Railway companies disestablished in 1895 1893 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) American companies established in 1893 1895 mergers and acquisitions {{GeorgiaUS-transport-stub