Rehoboth is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Harris County, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
.
Named Rehobeth according to the USGS.
History
The community was named after
Rehoboth, a place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
A variant name was "Mobley".
Rehoboth was once an incorporated municipality; its municipal charter was repealed in 1995.
References
Former municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Populated places disestablished in 1995
Unincorporated communities in Harris County, Georgia
{{HarrisCountyGA-geo-stub