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Welcome to Greenway ...

So far, we found very little information about Greenway. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Greenway to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Greenway, please Contact Us.


Greenway would have been located within present day Polk County<2>.


The location of Greenway has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Greenway, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Greenway is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Greenway was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: While Greenway is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the west is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Greenway would have been located in the (770) area code.

Communities Also Named Greenway ...

While we believe that this Greenway is located in Polk County, we know of another 3 Georgia communities named Greenway. Those communities are located in the following counties: Emanuel, Fulton and Hall County.

Beyond Georgia, there are 16 communities that are also named Greenway - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, Manitoba (2), New York, Ontario, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia (4).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Greenway.

Communities near Greenway ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Greenway.

  • Cedartown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockmart
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockmart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockmart
    • Rockmart is located in Polk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,492 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockmart <5>
  • Piedmont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedmont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
    • Piedmont is located in Calhoun County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,470 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piedmont <5>
  • Seney
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
    • Seney is located in Polk County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
  • Tallapoosa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Aragon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Buchanan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cave Spring
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Etna
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Etna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Etna is located in Polk County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
  • Grady ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grady have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
    • Grady is located in Polk County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 290 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Greenway. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Greenway.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Greenway. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenway.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenway. See our Newspapers Page for Greenway.

Adding Greenway to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Greenway in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Greenway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Greenway post office opened in 1887.

We also found Greenway in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greenway.

The official website for Polk County: www.polkcountygeorgia.us/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Greenway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Greenway - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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