Lilburn
About Lilburn
Lilburn is located in the western part of Gwinnett County, Georgia. The city is rooted in the railroad that still runs hourly through Old Town near the city’s municipal building.
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Historical Information
Early Churches
In 1823, the first church created in the area was Camp Creek Primitive Baptist Church, which remains active today. Elder James Hale and 14 members started the church. In 1840, a group left the church and created Liberty Baptist, now known as First Baptist Lilburn. Also in 1840, the Carroll family gave land for slaves to establish their own church, Salem Baptist. Salem Baptist still thrives today with a very active and growing church membership.
Early Education
In 1839, the Center Academy was founded to educate children living in the area. The exact site is not known, but the school was located near the CVS Pharmacy on Lawrenceville Highway (Highway 29), just within the present day city limits of Lilburn.
The Great Depression
The depression of 1929 also took a heavy toll on the area and the town gradually died. Lilburn’s government, which was organized in 1910, ceased to exist. Some claimed that Lilburnites were so quiet, well behaved, orderly, and law abiding that there was no need for government.
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Lawrenceville Highway Becomes Lilburn’s Main Transportation Route
Automobiles gave people an alternative to using the railroad for transportation and the town gradually relocated along Highway 29. This reliance on Lawrenceville Highway for transportation created an Old Town area serviced by the railroad and a new business district for Lilburn. Old Lilburn retained some storefronts, which continued to operate, but most business activity was based along US 29.
New Beginnings
The need for a water line in 1955 created the need to reestablish a new city government and the town began to grow again. In 1976, a new City Hall was built in the Old Town area. A larger municipal building – the Calvin Fitchett Municipal Complex — was built next to the park in the early 1990s. As the government grew to meet increasing population demands, construction of a new City Hall was completed in 2016. A realigned Main Street and new City Hall/Library are expected to serve as catalysts for redevelopment for t
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