Lula, Georgia

Lula is a city in Hall and Banks counties in the U.S. state of Georgia.

[4] The Hall County portion of Lula is part of the Gainesville, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Lula is the home of RailRoad Days, a yearly festival held usually every May.

The rail spur from Athens to Lula was completed in 1874 for the North Eastern Railroad.

Civil engineers Joel Hurt and his brother Fletcher named the town in honor of Miss Lula Phinizy, later Mrs. Abner W. Calhoun, whom they both admired.

[4] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,822 people, 1,012 households, and 724 families residing in the city.

Downtown Lula
Map of Georgia highlighting Banks County
Map of Georgia highlighting Hall County