Shiloh is an
unincorporated settlement in
Madison County, in the
U.S. state
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of
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.
It is a crossroads at the intersection of
Highway 174 and Jones Chapel–Shiloh Road/Shiloh–Fort Lamar Road northeast of
Ila.
Shiloh is popularly known as Coonrod,
[Charlotte Collins Bond]
"Coonrod: Arkansas Tooth-pick."
Madison County GAGenWeb archives. 1998.
Retrieved 5 July 2023. and was also formerly known as Norcross, from the Norcross School, which closed in 1948, which was "north of the crossroads".
History
The Baptist Church of Christ at Shiloh was founded in 1869 and moved from
Bond to its current location on the east side of the cross when the original church burned in 1889
[Charlotte Bond. "History of Shiloh Baptist Church – Madison County, GA." 1 July 2004. (Taken from the Shiloh Baptist Church Directory, 1995.) Retrieved 5 July 2023.]["Madison County" (map). W. A. & E. E. Stone, 1884.]
Archived
on 29 July 2021.)
A country store on the south corner, Dean & Tyner, predated the Civil War.
This store was the social focus of the community and the name "Coonrod" came from a chart posted to record who brought in the longest "coon rod" or
raccoon
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baculum
The baculum (: bacula), also known as the penis bone, penile bone, ''os penis'', ''os genitale'', or ''os priapi'', is a bone in the penis of many placental mammals. It is not present in humans, but is present in the penises of some primates, ...
(penis bone),
which were filed down for use as
toothpick
A toothpick is a small thin stick of wood, plastic, bamboo, metal, bone or other substance with at least one and sometimes two pointed ends to insert between teeth to remove detritus, usually after a meal. Toothpicks are also used for festive ...
s.
The Shiloh Evangelical Methodist Church (today Danielsville Evangelical Church) replaced the Norcross School.
the Shiloh Community Volunteer Fire Department Station 1, standing on the site of the Dean & Tyner store, and the Shiloh Baptist Church are the only permanent structures at the crossroads.
References
External links
*Georgia Department of Transportatio
Map of Madison County (2022)showing the location of Shiloh
{{MadisonCountyGA-geo-stub
Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)