The Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad was a

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railroad in the

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state of

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. It was chartered in 1872 and upon completion March 11, 1884, consisted of two lines from Gainesville to Jefferson and Social Circle, splitting at Belmont. Its first president was Colonel Ira Yale Sage. The portion between

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and Social Circle had been acquired and converted that same day from the

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Walton Railroad. Bankruptcy forced the railroad into receivership in 1897, and in 1904, most of the track was sold at foreclosure to the newly formed Gainesville Midland Railway, while the old Walton Railroad became the Monroe Railroad, a subsidiary of the

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. The Gainesville Midland extended the tracks from Jefferson to

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, and was eventually acquired by the

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in 1959.

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now operates the line, though it remains owned by the Gainesville Midland Railroad. The following communities were stops along the GJ&S, along with their counties: * Gainesville (

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) * Belmont (

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) ** Jefferson (

) * Hoschton (

) *

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(

) * Winder ( Barrow) *

( Walton) * Social Circle ( Walton)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gainesville Jefferson Southern Railroad Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads Predecessors of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Railway companies established in 1872 Railway companies disestablished in 1904 Narrow-gauge railroads in Georgia (U.S. state) 3 ft gauge railways in the United States