POWDER SPRINGS
56 FACTBOOK 2020
By Ross Williams
Powder Springs was originally nicknamed “Gunpowder Springs”
because the water in its seven springs contains minerals that turn
the soil around them black. It was incorporated as Springville in
1838. Located on lands that were part of the Cherokee Nation,
prospectors converged on the area after gold was found in Georgia
in the late 1820s. Settlers found small amounts of gold in mines at
Lost Mountain and near Brownsville Road. They also found seven
mineral water springs in the city.
In 1859, the city changed its name to Powder Springs and became
known for its seven medicinal and therapeutic springs, including in
Powder Springs Park. 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
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
COMMUNITY
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