About South Fulton
South Fulton Facts
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That President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
traveled along what is now Roosevelt Highway on his way
between Atlanta and his home in Warm Spring.
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Common crops in what is now South Fulton
included cotton, watermelons, corn, apples, peaches, wheat,
oats, barley and rye.
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The Palmetto Cotton Mills was one of the
largest employers in Palmetto, and operated from 1880 until
1950.
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Fairburn had telephone service in 1905,
and electric service starting in 1912.
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Almost all of South Fulton had
electricity by the 1940s, and running water and telephone
service in the 1950s.
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In 1941, paved roads in South Fulton
included Campbellton Road, Stonewall-Tell Road, Rivertown
Road, Roosevelt Hwy. (formerly Jefferson Davis Hwy.), Old
National Hwy., Welcome All and part of Hutcheson Ferry Road.
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Prior to the construction of railroads
and bridges in South Fulton, eleven ferries operated along
Campbellton-Redwine Road, including Widow Varner,
Campbellton and Pumpkinton ferries.
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The site of Cochran Mill Park was used by
B.W. Cochran in 1909 to operate Palmetto’s first electric
light system (the mill belonged to his father).
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Fairburn once operated its own 10-mile
streetcar line from 1911 to 1927, connecting residents
between Fairburn and College Park with the Atlanta Railway
and Electric Co.
Source: Fulton County Department of
Environment & Community Development
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