Johnstonville-Goggins Historic District

Spread across roughly 7,360 acres of central Lamar County, Georgia, this district joins two small communities and the farmland around them. Johnstonville, founded in 1821, grew at a crossroads and once served as the first county seat of Monroe County. Goggins developed in the mid-19th century along the Central of Georgia Railroad, completed in 1840. Surviving buildings include the Fleming-Wooten-Childs House, begun in 1835 with Greek Revival detailing, the 1866 Goggins General Store and Post Office, several 19th-century churches and family cemeteries, and houses ranging from a central-hallway farmhouse to a Queen Anne-type residence. Terraced fields, tree lines, orchards and dirt roads still outline historic farming, first cotton and later peaches and mixed crops. Rehoboth CME Church and Bethal Baptist Cemetery reflect African-American communities. The district was recognized for its agriculture, architecture, community planning, ethnic heritage and landscape, covering the years 1835 to 1950.