Bushnell is an
unincorporated community
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in
Coffee County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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.
History
The community was named after G. L. Bush, a local politician.
A post office called Bushnell was in operation from 1903 until 1922. The
Georgia General Assembly
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Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directl ...
incorporated the place as the "Town of Bushnell" in 1907, with the town corporate limits extending in a radius from the Atlanta, Birming and Atlantic Railroad depot.
The town's charter was legislatively repealed less than one year later in 1908.
References
Unincorporated communities in Coffee County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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