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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Georgia, U.S.}}
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'''Travellers Rest''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Macon County, Georgia|Macon County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref name="GNIS">{{GNIS|346986|name=Travellers Rest}}</ref>
==History==
Travellers Rest had its start in 1830 as a [[stagecoach]] stop.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/t.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=230 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> A post office called Travellers Rest was established in 1833, and remained in operation until 1852.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=23 June 2019}}</ref>
A variant name was "Bristol".<ref name=GNIS /> An act of the [[Georgia General Assembly]] officially incorporated the place in 1838 as the "Town of Bristol".<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgg4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA132|year=1839|publisher=J. Johnston|page=132}}</ref> Today, Travellers Rest is classified as an unincorporated area.<ref name=GNIS />
==References==
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{{Macon County, Georgia}}
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[[Category:Former municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Macon County, Georgia]]
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