Spring Place, Georgia

Spring Place (also Poinset, Springplace) is an unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia, United States.^[1][2]

Spring Place, Georgia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°45′29″N 84°49′16″W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Murray
Elevation [1]	709 ft (216 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	706 & 762
GNIS ID	356549[1]

History

A post office was established at Spring Place in 1826.^[3] The community took its name from Spring Place Mission, a nearby Native American Moravian mission.^[4]

Spring Place held the county seat of Murray County from 1834 until the seat was transferred to Chatsworth in 1913.^[5]

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Spring Place as a town in 1885.^[6] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.^[4]

Notable person

Kate Galt Zaneis (1887-1973), educator, was born in Spring Place.^[7]

Historic Site

Chief Vann House Historic Site is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Murray County, Georgia as the Vann House.