Westlake (sometimes spelled out as "West Lake") is an extinct town in
Twiggs County
Twiggs County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,022. The county seat is Jeffersonville. The county was created on December 14, 1809, and named for American Rev ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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. The
GNIS
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classifies it as a populated place.
History
An early variant name was "Buzzard Roost".
A post office called Buzzard Roost was established in 1872, the name was changed to West Lake in 1885, and the post office closed in 1925. The community was named for a lake west of the original town site.
References
Geography of Twiggs County, Georgia
Ghost towns in Georgia (U.S. state)
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