West Green, Georgia

West Green is an unincorporated community in Coffee County, Georgia, United States.[1] West Green is located along U.S. Route 221 northeast of Douglas and southwest of Lehigh near the Coffee-Jeff Davis County Line. The ZIP Code for West Green is 31567.[2]

History

West Green originally was known as The Twenty (due to being 20 miles south of Hazlehurst) and later Garrant.

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated West Green as a town in 1914.[3] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Green, Georgia
  2. "West Green ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  3. Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. State printer. 1914. p. 1221.
  4. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.

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