Stockbridge, Georgia

Stockbridge, Georgia is located in the northern part of Henry County, Georgia which was founded May 15, 1821. The county has an area of approximately 331 square miles located in the Piedmont Section of northern Georgia and is surrounded by the counties of Butts, Clayton, Dekalb, Newton, Rockdale and Spaulding Counties.

The coming of the Southern Railroad in the year 1881 was an epoch and made great changes. The railroad was built from Macon to Atlanta. The settlers who owned the land about Old Stockbridge advanced the price of their land to such a degree the railroad would not buy the land to locate a depot. Two prominent Atlanta Citizens, John W. Grant and George W. Adair bought a tract of land about a mile south of Old Stockbridge and offered lots at a reasonable price. This offer was readily accepted by many. On this tract of land a depot was built and the present Stockbridge began its existence in 1882.

The old railroad depot was destroyed by the Southern Railroad in the late 1970’s or early 1980’s. The railroad depot was located about 600 feet north of Highway 42 and US 23 as you cross the bridge in Stockbridge. Stockbridge was incorporated as a town in 1895 and as a city August 6, 1920.