Scarboro is an
unincorporated community
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in
Jenkins County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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.
History
The community was named after Enos H. Scarborough, the town's promoter and early postmaster.
A variant spelling was "Scarborough".
A post office was in operation at Scarboro(ugh) from 1839 until it was discontinued in 1951.
The
Georgia General Assembly
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Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directl ...
incorporated Scarboro as a town in 1859.
The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.
References
Former municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Unincorporated communities in Jenkins County, Georgia
Populated places disestablished in 1995
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