Tarver is an extinct town in
Echols County
Echols County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,697. The county seat is Statenville. Statenville is a disincorporated municipality. Echols and Webster coun ...
, in the
U.S. state of
Georgia. The
GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
History
The
Georgia General Assembly
The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directly ...
incorporated Tarver as a town in 1887. The town's municipal charter officially was repealed in 1995.
The site of Tarver is along
Georgia State Route 94 and the intersections with New Barnes Road and Will Rewis Road east of
Statenville. The former right-of-way for the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967 it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast L ...
DuPont—Lakeland Line
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's DuPont—Lakeland Line (R Line) was a historic rail line in southern Georgia and the northern west coast of Florida. On employee timetables, the line was actually divided into the DuPont—High Springs Line ( ...
ran between the two intersections.
References
Former municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Geography of Echols County, Georgia
Ghost towns in Georgia (U.S. state)
Populated places disestablished in 1995
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