Major General William B. Bate, CSA of Hardees Corps., wounded in Atlanta at Utoy Creek on August 10, 1864, was treated here.

After the war, General Bate was elected governor of Tennessee and served in the United States Senate until his death in 1912.

It was modeled after Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute and educated African American girls as the only school within the CME Church for women.

U.S. Route 341 branches off US 41 on the south side of Barnesville and leads southeast 53 miles (85 km) to Perry, where it rejoins US 41.

Georgia State Route 18 follows US 41 around the southern and eastern sides of Barnesville but leads west 11 miles (18 km) to Zebulon.

This accident was rumored to be the inspiration of the hit song "Last Kiss" written by Wayne Cochran, Joe Carpenter, Randall Hoyal & Bobby McGlon (1961).

He rerecorded "Last Kiss" for release on King Records in 1963 and dedicated it to Clark, a fact which probably explains the association of the song with the tragic crash.

[26] The 2018 HBO miniseries Sharp Objects, starring Amy Adams, filmed many of its exterior scenes for the fictional town of Wind Gap, Missouri, in Barnesville and the surrounding area.

[27] A large mural reading "Welcome to Wind Gap" remains in the town painted by artist Andrew Patrick Henry.