On U.S. 19 at Georgia Route 109, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 19.
In 1823 the Inferior Court Justices of Pike County selected the center lot in the county near here as the site for the county seat. This land was laid out into town lots and named Newnan to honor Major General Daniel Newnan, a Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m12221) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 19) at Jackson Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
Created by Act of Dec. 9, 1822, from Monroe County, Pike County originally contained part of Spalding, Upson and Lamar Counties. It was named for Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813), leader, in 1805, of an expedition to trace the Mississippi River . . . — — Map (db m59609) HM
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