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Drawdy-Knight Cemetery, William T. Drawdy in Doctortown
Grave still visible at Doctortown

Doctortown is a ghost town in Wayne County, Georgia. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.

History

The first white settlement at Doctortown was made in 1827, at the site where a Native American village once stood. A post office was established at Doctortown in 1857, and remained in operation until 1967. The community was named for the fact a medicine man once had lived near the original town site.

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