Bethany, Georgia

Bethany is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Georgia, United States.

It is located in Land Lot 326-District Seven of Baker County,[1] Bethany at one time supported several filling stations and a general store.

Homesteaders were moving into Bethany via a land grant from the government during this period of the town's history.

[1] In the late 1890s a one room large frame building with roughly sawn heart pine lumber was built and served as a Missionary Baptist Church.

Mrs. Lemuel Wright Parr (Nancy Elizabeth White) was the only living charter member to witness the dedication.

Few of the town's original features remain, except for a few abandoned farmhouses, a general store, and Bethany Baptist Church and Cemetery.

Map of Georgia highlighting Baker County