1830s
Asa Prior comes to Polk [Gordon Sargent article]
Cherokee Gold Lottery 1832 [includes scan of 1948 document by Pauline Pickett]

1840s
The Old Mill was built [Gordon Sargent article]

1850s
Cedartown First Methodist Church established [unknown author, via Weesie Parker]
Cedartown’s First Newspaper, Cedartown Republican
Polk County was established and named for Pres. James K. Polk [Gordon Sargent article]

1870s
Rockmart’s First Newspaper, The Rockmart Reporter

1880s
Cedartown Colored Public School established [Article by Janice Laster}
Cedartown Public Schools established
Early Polk County Attorneys [Cherokee Georgia publication]
Rockmart Bank opened [Cedartown Standard article]
Teenage Lulu Hurst of Collard Valley amazes crowds on stage [Gordon Sargent article]

1890s
Aragon formed around the Mill [NWGA Quarterly]

1900s
City Cemetery in Cedartown renamed Greenwood [Cedartown Standard article]
City Directory [Cedartown Standard article]
First Twins born via Caesarean Section

1910s
Schools by District in 1910 [compiled from the Hudgins map]
WWI Diary of John Preston Mayfield

1920s
Cedartown’s First Hospital [Heritage of Polk County, Georgia]
Establishment of the Cedartown Music Lover’s Club
A Farewell to 1921 [Cedartown Standard article]
The Wayside Inn was built [Article by Ann Norman]

1930s
The Daffodil Garden Club established

1950s
Progress Report on Education [Jaycee/Junior Chamber]
Regal Civic Club established [Heritage of Polk County, Georgia]