Tazewell, Georgia

A post office called Tazewell was established in 1837, and remained in operation until 1985.[4] The community was named after Henry Tazewell, a United States senator from Virginia, state legislator and judge.[5] Tazewell was named the county seat of Marion County in 1838.[6] The Old Marion County Courthouse still stands at Tazewell and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980.[7]

A variant spelling was "Tazwell" (without the E).[3] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the "Town of Tazwell" in 1854.[8] Tazewell today is an unincorporated area.[3]

Tazewell is in eastern Marion County, in the valley of Shoal Creek. State Routes 137 and 24 cross in the center of town. SR 137 leads southwest 6 miles (10 km) to Buena Vista, the county seat, and northeast 18 miles (29 km) to Butler, while SR 240 leads east 26 miles (42 km) to Oglethorpe and north 18 miles (29 km) to Geneva.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Tazewell CDP has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km²), of which 0.01 square miles (6.4 acres), or 0.50%, are water.[1] Shoal Creek and Gin Creek join at the southern edge of the community to form Buck Creek, which flows east to the Flint River at Oglethorpe.