Recovery is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Decatur County, Georgia
Decatur County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 29,367. The county seat is Bainbridge, Georgia, Bainbridge.
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, United States.
History
The community's name originates from Camp Recovery, established during the First
Seminole Indian Wars as a hospital base to which the sick soldiers from Fort Scott were sent to recover. Camp Recovery was occupied for only two months, but the suffering of the men
there produced a lasting impact on the area. The story of the poor soldiers and their dying days at the camp is well known by local
residents. A Federal Monument on the site marks the burial place of U.S. officers and soldiers who died during the hostilities in the Flint and Chattahoochee River Counties 1817–1821. A
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
called Recovery was established in 1885, and remained in operation until 1948.
References
http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/camprecovery1.html
Unincorporated communities in Decatur County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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