Jewtown, Georgia
Jewtown, Georgia | |
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| Area code | 912 |
| GNIS feature ID | 332100[1] |
Jewtown is an
History
Jewtown was one of three historic
The town got its name from the presence of a store established by
Jewish members of the Levison family in the 1880s.[3][4] A variant name for the town was "Levisonton".[5] After the Civil War Anson Dodge and the Georgia Land and Lumber Company of New York purchased the Hamilton Plantation at Gascoigne Bluff in 1875 to build lumber mills to take advantage of strong global demand. Sig and Robert (Bob) Levison of nearby Brunswick built a general merchandise store about a mile east of the mills.[6]
The store was closed in 1921.
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jewtown, Georgia
- ISBN 978-1439667644.
- ISBN 978-0-89587-481-8.
- ^ Fonesca, Felicia; Cone, Tracie (February 26, 2012). "From Negro Creek to Wop Draw, place names offend". NBC News. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
- ^ Staff writer (Mar. 2018). "How an Island Neighborhood Got its Name." Elegant Island Living. p. 122.
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