Did you know that Juliette is not the only feminine place name in the history of Monroe County?

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“Eleanor” was the name the Georgia legislature gave in 1907 in the act of incorporation for the mill community established by Captain J. M. Ponder for his workers. Its name came from Eleanor, his younger granddaughter. His older granddaughter was Juliette, but the town on the Ocmulgee River had already taken that name.

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