This church was built in 1843 for the farmers who had mostly come to this area as part of the Georgia Land Lottery of 1827.

Upon the arrival of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad in 1852, the center of this community shifted southward.

[5] The town was laid out with the train station at its center and the boundaries extending one half mile in every direction to form a circular shape.

In the early days of Moreland, cotton was the most important contributor to the local economy.

Memorabilia that was once displayed in the Lewis Grizzard Museum in an old service station was moved to the historic Moreland Mill on Main St. in 2011.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Moreland has a total area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), all land.