Henry County, Georgia

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Chapters: People from Henry County, Georgia, McDonough, Georgia, Blacksville, Georgia, Stockbridge, Georgia, Hampton, Georgia, Kelleytown, Georgia, Locust Grove, Georgia, Georgia State Route 3, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Eagle's Landing Christian Academy, Martin Luther King, Sr., Jason Heyward, Lee H. Phillips, Renford Reese, Matt Murton, James T. Holtzclaw, Mark Hall, William Allen Fuller, Tribulation Trail, Ola High School, Joey Clanton, Flippen, Georgia, Henry County School District, Ola, Georgia, Luther Glenn, South Point Arena, J. R. Pinnock, Stockbridge High School, Jesse Spikes, Ricky Sanders, John H. James, Andrew Sloan, Erasmus W. Beck, James W. Wise, James S. Boynton, National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association, Panola Mountain, Georgia Knights, Globe Hotel (McDonough, Georgia). Excerpt: Kelleytown is an unincorporated community in Henry County, Georgia, United States. Kelleytown is within the postal limits of McDonough, GA and as such, most residents list McDonough as their city. The community is located just eight miles (13 km) northeast of the historic downtown McDonough Square. The community has produced many prominent Henry Countians including Congressmen, a mayor, commissioners, judges, attorneys, politicians, educators, and many professional, highly respected businessmen and women. Kelleytown Road takes you to a four-way stop that is the very heart of the community. In its day, three sisters and a brother each had a home on the corners of this crossroad. Large, plantation-style homes that sat back from the road with their expansive front lawns and breezy porches set the scene for wonderful community get-togethers. On one corner stands perhaps the most popular and defining landmark of a rural community, the country store. The cotton gin once stood on the other corner. Just down Airline Road is Kelley Presbyterian Church, where most of the whites in Kelleytown worshipped. Going east (in the other direction) is Kelley Chapel Baptist where most blacks who lived and worked in the community attended worship. About a mile before the crossroads is a spot on Kelleytown Road where Pleasant Grove School once stood. These sites provided the backdrop for life in Kelleytown. Neighborly and quaint, the area is known today for its excellent public schools and the quality, family-friendly neighborhoods that dot its landscape. Many people mistakenly spell "Kellytown" without the second "E"; however, it is spelled "Kelleytown." "Kelleytown was a place where happiness was a state of mind - the boys there were handsome and athletic and walked the world with confidence. Rather than being country, the girls were like princesses. They were the most popular and talented, and they were all you ever wanted to be. And relations between the blacks and the whites who live