Troupville (Ga.)
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- n-us-ga
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- Troupsville (Ga.)
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- found: GNIS, Apr. 1, 2012(Troupville, pop. place, variant names: Lowndesville, Troupsville, Lowndes Co., Ga., 30.8490890° -83.3373761° 30°50ʹ57ʺN 083°20ʹ15ʺW; also: Valdosta, pop. place, Lowndes Co., Ga., variant name: Troupville)
- found: Valdosta, Georgia : early history of Lowndes County and Valdosta, Georgia, via WWW, Apr. 1, 2012(in 1827 the Assembly declared Franklinville to be the county seat; Franklinville proved unsatisfactory both as a business location and as the public site, and by 1833 a new county site selected was Lowndesville; Lowndesville proved to be no more satisfactory than Franklinville, so once more the citizens of Lowndes shifted the county seat: in 1837 Troupville became the county seat; when the new Atlantic and Gulf Railroad extended its right of way from Savannah toward Pensacola, it was on a line which ran four miles south of Troupville; a location on the rail line and in the center of the county for the county seat was selected and named Valdosta; In choosing a name for their county seat, the citizens of Lowndes did not wish to transfer the name of Troupville to the new town; most of the residents of Troupville relocated to Valdosta, and in a few weeks Troupville, as a town, was no more. A few families, however, remained in Troupville for some time.) - http://history.ucan.us/valdostaga.htm
- found: Wikipedia, Apr. 1, 2012(Troupville, Georgia; an unincorporated area in Lowndes County, Georgia, United States near Valdosta. Troupville was a riverboat landing at the junction of the Withlacoochee River and the Little River. Troupville was first called Lowndesville and was the original county seat. When the railroad came and killed off the riverboats, Troupville residents picked up their houses and moved to the railroad, founding Valdosta; 30°50ʹ57ʺN 83°20ʹ15ʺW)
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- 2012-04-01: new
- 2012-04-02: revised
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