Hephzibah
Submitted by Susan Black Davis
Augusta Herald, July 4, 1976 pg 98 Bi-centennial issue
HEPHZIBAH GREW UP AROUND SCHOOL
When Hephzibah high school was established
in 1860, the town of Hephzibah grew up around it,
extending like the spokes of a wheel, one mile
in every direction. The "round" town
of Hephzibah was incorporated by an act of the
General Assembly on Oct. 24, 1870. It's name is a biblical one,
meaning "beloved in the Lord", but even in the official
record of the town's incorporation, the name was
misspelled in the index, the title, and the body
of the act.
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As a side note to the above article I just sent,, the flag pole in front
of Hephzibah City Hall
was the exact center of the town for years, city
limits were actually a mile all around it like a compass.
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