Kelleytown, Georgia
| Kelleytown | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Kelleytown
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| Coordinates: 33°32′15″N 84°5′21″W / 33.53750°N 84.08917°WCoordinates: 33°32′15″N 84°5′21″W / 33.53750°N 84.08917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Henry |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
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 (known in the early 20th century as Kelleystown) is an unincorporated center whose inhabitants made many worthwhile contributions to Henry County history. The people of Kelleytown are known for their hospitable Southern charm. Southern history is, more than any other region, the history of its families. The names Chafin, Crumbley, Elliott, Owen, Hightower, Phillips, and Thompson figure prominently in the community. It is from the Kelley family, one of Henry County’s founding families, that Kelleytown Community and Kelley Presbyterian Church derived their names. The 1850 Henry County Census notes ten people with the Kelley surname.
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