Stockbridge, Georgia

Levi Stockbridge was born on March 13, 1820, and fits the time frame just prior to the Civil War.

== History == The area was settled in 1829 when Concord Methodist Church was organized near present-day Old Stagecoach Road.

It was granted a post office on April 5, 1847, named for a traveling professor, Levi Stockbridge, who passed through the area many times before the post office was built.

In 1881, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad was to pass through Stockbridge between Macon and Atlanta.

Stockbridge was incorporated as a town in 1895 and as a city on August 6, 1920, turning 100 years old on August 6, 2020.

=== Naming mystery === On May 6, 1992, Mayor Segio received a letter from John Stockbridge of South Carolina requesting a letter of "Greeting" from the City of Stockbridge to th...

Stockbridge became the focus of national news and was also one of the largest issues in the 2006 Georgia General Assembly and their efforts to prevent abuse of eminent domain.

==== New city hall ==== After February 2007, the city had plans drawn up to build the new city hall.

(However, as the population grew, the county voted Democratic in the 2016 and 2020 elections.) The conflict between the city and the property owners came to an end on February 2...

=== Secession movement === A group of residents in Stockbridge attempted to secede to form their own community called Eagle's Landing in the 2018 general election.