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Bartow is a town in Jefferson County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 186. Initially the town was known as "Spier's Turnout", but was changed to honor the first Confederate officer to die in battle, Colonel Francis S. Bartow of Savannah, Georgia, who was killed at the Battle of Manassas, Virginia on ...
Bartow, Georgia is located in Jefferson County, approximately midway between Macon and Augusta, at the intersection of Highways 319, 242, and 221. Ours is a little Middle Georgia town with a rich history that began at the close of the Revolutionary War.
By 1920, Bartow’s prime, the town boasted a population of nearly 700. It owned its own electric power plant and had a fine school, an opera house for concerts and silent movies, a hotel, an indoor roller skating rink, and three department stores (one of which sold Paris originals).
History. Bartow County was created from the Cherokee lands of the Cherokee County territory on December 3, 1832, and named Cass County, after General Lewis Cass (1782–1866), Secretary of War under President Andrew Jackson, Minister to France and Secretary of State under President James Buchanan, [3] who was instrumental in the removal of ...
Bartow Historic District, in Bartow, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district included 121 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, and a contributing site.
Bartow, Georgia is located in Jefferson County, approximately midway between Macon and Augusta, at the intersection of Highways 319, 242, and 221. Ours is a little Middle Georgia town with a rich history that began at the close of the Revolutionary War.
Bartow, GA is full of history and hospitality. Come watch one of our Schoolhouse Players or visit the museum to see what we're all about!
