Rockledge, Georgia
Unincorporated community
Rockledge is located in Georgia
Rockledge
Rockledge
Rockledge is located in the United States
Rockledge
Rockledge
Coordinates: 32°26′35″N 82°41′51″W / 32.44306°N 82.69750°W / 32.44306; -82.69750
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyLaurens
Elevation
217 ft (66 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
30454
Area code478
GNIS feature ID321774[1]

Rockledge is an unincorporated community in Laurens County, Georgia, United States. The community is located along a Georgia Central Railway line near Georgia State Route 29, 13.8 miles (22.2 km) east-southeast of Dublin. Rockledge has a post office with ZIP code 30454.[2][3]

History

A post office called Rockledge was established in 1899.[4] The community was named for a rock formation ("ledge of rock") near the original town site.[5]

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Rockledge as a town in 1908.[6] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Rockledge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 191. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  6. ↑ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Clark & Hines, State Printers. 1908. p. 900.


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