Did you know that the town of Carl was first incorporated in 1893 as Dillard’s Cross Roads? It would later be renamed Lawson once the railroad came to town, before receiving its official name of Carl from the Georgia legislature in 1906. The name given to this small Barrow County municipality was bestowed in honor of Carl Pate, the infant son born to a prominent local couple who owned a barber shop and general store in the town.
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This information was found here: Barrow County Comprehensive Plan 1998-2018: Chapter 5 Historic Resoures; Northeast Georgia Planning (negplanning.org ); authored by the Preservation Planner on behalf of the Barrow County Comprehensive Plan Citizens Advisory Committee. http://www.negplanning.org/documents/32 (June 14, 2011)