Bushnell, Georgia

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Georgia, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} '''Bushnell''' is an unincorporated community in Coffee County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.<ref>{{GNIS|326203}}</ref>

==History== The community was named after G. L. Bush, a local politician.<ref name="Places">{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/b.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=29 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> A post office called Bushnell was in operation from 1903 until 1922.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=2 April 2018}}</ref> The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the "Town of Bushnell" in 1907, with the town corporate limits extending in a {{convert|2|mi|adj=on|spell=in}} radius from the Atlanta, Birming and Atlantic Railroad depot.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWp-89AXKDUC&pg=PA491|year=1907|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=491}}</ref> The town's charter was legislatively repealed less than one year later in 1908.<ref name="Places" />

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Coffee County, Georgia Category:Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)