Benevolence is an
unincorporated community
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in
Randolph County Randolph County is the name of eight counties in the United States:
*Randolph County, Alabama
*Randolph County, Arkansas
*Randolph County, Georgia
*Randolph County, Illinois
*Randolph County, Indiana
*Randolph County, Missouri
*Randolph County, Nort ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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History
The first settlement at Benevolence was made in 1831.
Benevolence was so named for the "benevolent" act of a first settler who donated land at the town site so that a Baptist church could be built.
A post office called Benevolence was established in 1854, and remained in operation until 1984.
By 1900, the community had 61 inhabitants. The
Georgia General Assembly
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Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directly ...
incorporated Benevolence as a town in 1911.
The town was officially dissolved in 1995.
References
Unincorporated communities in Randolph County, Georgia
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