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Originally Posted by humfrz
Is that why your town was named "Powder Springs" .........  humfrz |
Ha! Not exactly but it is for a different but similar reason.
The area was settled during the Georgia gold rush and named for the seven springs in the city limits. The water in the springs had a very high mineral content that turned the ground around them into a black sand that looked like gunpowder. Originally it was called "Gunpowder Springs", then changed to Springville, and back to Powder Springs.
Probably more than you than you wanted to know, but I always find the way things get named interesting.