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State University of West Georgia
Distance: 50.1 Mi1600 Maple Street
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CCLD Inc
Distance: 68.2 Mi285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW
30313-1513 Atlanta -
Angel s Catering
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30127-1926 Powder Springs -
Balloons & Events Over Atlanta
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30318 Atlanta -
Perfect Stem
Distance: 70.3 Mi1428 Chattahoochee Ave NW
30318-2831 Atlanta
Description
Butts Mill Farm was established sometime in the 1830's. We understand that the Smith family purchased this tract of land from the State at .50 cents per acre. The Smith family built a Grist Mill, saw mill and later added a cotton gin. The Grist Mill provided local people a place to have the corn they grew to be ground into corn meal, flour, grits or the entire cob to be ground into feed for their animal food. The Butts Mill family bought the farm around the 1900's and began running the farm at that time, thus the name Butts Mill Farm has been passed down through the years. Some of the Butts family still live in the community today. The Butts ran the farm until the great flood of the 1940's. At that time the changes in the economy caused the farm to sit idle and then due to the availability of more stores locally the farm was closed. The mill sat closed for approximately 50 years until it was purchased by Neil and Trish Leichty (a photo of Neil, Trish and their family is located on...