Campbellton is an

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in southwestern

Fulton County, Georgia Fulton County is located in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,066,710, making it the state's most-populous county and its only one with over one million inha ...

. It was the original

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for

Campbell County, Georgia Campbell County was a county of the U.S. state of Georgia from to . It was created by the state legislature on December 20, 1828, from land taken from Fayette, Coweta, and Carroll counties, and from the half of DeKalb County which became Fu ...

until after it refused to allow the

Atlanta & West Point Railroad The Atlanta and West Point Rail Road was a railroad in the U.S. state of Georgia, forming the east portion of the Atlanta- Selma West Point Route. The company was chartered in 1847 as the Atlanta and LaGrange Rail Road and renamed in 1857; constr ...

line though, on account of the anticipated noise. The county seat and business activity shifted to nearby Fairburn which grew, and Campbellton's population dwindled. Campbell County then became part of Fulton in 1932.

References

Campbellton United Methodist Church
Unincorporated communities in Fulton County, Georgia Campbellton Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Former county seats in Georgia (U.S. state) {{FultonCountyGA-geo-stub