Original Cochran Road Bed from the 1830s along the Chattahoochee River & Campbell County Courthouse

Campbellton's Cochran Road SW Atlanta - Last of the undeveloped Original Road Beds from the 1830s along the Chattahoochee River
Campbellton was founded as the county seat of Campbell County around 1830. Campbellton had a couple 1000 people living there until Fairburn grew after the opening of the railroad. A Civil War battle was fought nearby (soldiers buried at a Methodist Church). By the 1870's the county seat moved to Fairburn & led to the disintigration of the town. Campbell County went bankrupt in the Depression & was consolidated into Fulton County. The town then sold the old Court House to someone that used the bricks for a garage. The remnants of the town square is a memorial. Submitted by: Joseph B Morrow

Campbell County Courthouse GPS coordinates: N33 39.195 W84 40.280

Campbellton Baptist Church GPS coordinates: N33 39.293 W84 40.217

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