Clyattville, Georgia

Clyattville
Unincorporated community
Clyattville Location within the state of Georgia
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Lowndes
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Clyattville is an unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Georgia, United States.

Geography

It is located approximately 6.5 miles southeast of Valdosta on Georgia State Route 31 (Madison Highway).

• Georgia State Route 31
• Georgia State Route 376

School

Clyattville Elementary School is located in the Clyattville area. It belongs to the Lowndes County School System.

History

When Clyattville was first settled, there were only a few families to establish residence. These families included the Brays, the Hunters, the Lanes, the Arnolds, the Elswicks, the Covingtons, the Quillians, and the Clyatts. Clyattville was reportedly named after the Clyatt family since they were the first settlers.

The community has not always been at its present site; it was once located two miles northwest on the Old Clyattville Road. It is said that the reason for moving the original location was the fact that a railroad was constructed through the community which caused too much noise. The first train that ran through Clyattville was known as the Coast Line.

The first store in Clyattville was owned by the Bray family. Since then, many more stores have been established, including Zipperer's Grocery (located across the street from the Clyattville Elementary School); a Minit-Mart, now a Holiday Market (on the Lake Park-Clyattville Highway); J.W.'s Grocery (located on the Madison Highway); and Clyattville 66 (located at the corner of the Madison Highway and the Lake Park-Clyattville Highway). There once was a grist mill, a cotton gin, a drugstore, and only one church, the Methodist Church.

Early Clyattville was mainly agricultural, and its community thrived on farming. In the early 1950s, Owens Illinois built a paper mill and a bag plant. C.A. Baucom built a cotton gin.

Residents traveled by buggies or wagon until they could afford cars. The first person to own a car in Clyattville was Dr. Quillian. His office was a wooden building in Olympia (the old saw mill by the river) at the railroad track.

Clyattville's community that has changed since the times of their forefathers. One cannot say that Clyattville is an area that is continuously increasing in population or undergoing industrial changes.