COMMUNITY
POWDER SPRINGS
Staff reports
Powder Springs got its start with prospectors who came to lands
that were part of the Cherokee Nation, when gold was discovered in
the area in the 1820s.
The settlers found small amounts of gold in mines at Lost Mountain
and near Brownsville Road, as well seven mineral water springs.
Because of the springs, which were said to have therapeutic qualities
and drew visitors to the town, it was called Springsville when it was
incorporated in 1838.
The area was also nicknamed “Gunpowder Springs” because
minerals in the springs turn the surrounding soil black, like
gunpowder. In 1859, the city changed its name to Powder Springs.
The city’s growth accelerated when the Seaboard Coastline railway
was built through the city — the railway eventually became the Silver
Comet Trail, a 61.5-mile long paved trail that connects Smyrna to the
Georgia-Alabama state line.
Powder Springs’ historic downtown is home to specialty shops,
events and festivals, the Seven Springs Museum, City Hall’s campus,
the Ford Center campus, Powder Springs Park, the historic cemetery,
the Towne Square, the Southern Quilt Trail and the city trails that
connect to the popular Silver Comet.
Powder Springs operates under a mayor-city council-manager form
of government. The mayor is elected at large for a four-year term.
Three City Council members are elected to four-year terms from each
of the city’s three wards and two are elected at large.
Powder Springs City Hall
4484 Marietta St.
Powder Springs 30127
770-943-1666
www.cityofpowdersprings.org
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City Council meets at 7 p.m. the first and
third Monday of the month in the council
chambers at City Hall.
Al Thurman, Mayor
770-943-1666
athurman@cityofpowdersprings.org
Henry Lust
Ward 1
hlust@cityofpowdersprings.org
Doris Dawkins
Ward 2
ddawkins@cityofpowdersprings.org
Nancy Farmer
Ward 3
nfarmer@cityofpowdersprings.org
Patrick Bordelon
Post 1 — At Large
pbordelon@cityofpowdersprings.org
Patricia Wisdom
Post 2 — At Large
pwisdom@cityofpowdersprings.org
Tony Bailey
Chief of Police
770-943-1616
tbailey@cityofpowdersprings.org
Powder Springs Police Department
1114 Richard D. Sailors Parkway
Powder Springs 30127
770-943-1616
Fire Station 6
5075 Hiram Lithia Springs Road
Powder Springs, 30127
Fire Station 23
3470 New Macland Road
Powder Springs, 30127
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