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Rochelle, GA
A Good Place -
10/29/2009ROCHELLE is a small rural town located in the central part of south Georgia. The City was chartered in 1889 after the Preston, Lumpkin, and Americus Railroad was completed. Timber was the first major industry of the area as land was cleared in preperation for cultivation of row crops. Cotton and peanuts are the major crops in present day, 2009. The town was laid out in a grid pattern by the firt mayor, Peter Coffee, after he had visited Savannah and August and came to appreciate the plans of the two cities on the Savannah River. In Rochelle the 100 feet wide streets remain today and the trees planted on the right-of-ways are now very big old oaks. The City of Rochelle is the home of prideful citizens who have maintained historic properties, both residential and commercial, so that in 2007 a large area of the town was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Two important Garden Clubs and other civic organizations such as Trees Across Rochelle, Rochelle Lions Club, Friends of Morningside Cemetery, and Rochelle Downtown Development Authority, continue to influence the maintenance and preservation of the City of Rochelle.