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Council Meeting Date: Third Tuesday of each month. Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Statham City Hall Work Session Date: Thursday before the Council meeting. Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: Statham City Hall  |
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Statham’s historic district was entered in the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1998. Maps are available at City Hall.
HISTORY OF STATHAM  Statham was first known as the Talasee Colony. In this Colony was an
Indian Village by the name of Calamit on the Ocoloco Trail, and it was
inhabited by the Creek and Cherokee Indians. When the first white settlers
came in 1784, they purchased a part of Calamit from the Indian Chief
Umausauga for 14 pounds of beads and named it Beadland.
Statham grew from a combination country story and post office owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. C. Statham. The post office was first known as Barber's Creek, then DeLay, and changed to Statham in 1892. The building of the railroad through Statham in 1890 and 1891 marked the beginning of Statham and was the changeover point from a place with a few homes into the creation of a town. Statham was incorporated on December 20, 1892 and received its first Charter. The incorporated area of the town extends one mile in every direction from the Seaboard Depot which is in the center of town. The first depot was built around 1900. Another depot, which is still standing, was built in 1912. The first bank in Statham, known as the Statham Bank, was organized in April 1904. To promote and advertise their town, the directors printed interesting facts on the back of the bank envelopes. "Statham is a growing and prosperous town on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. It has ten mercantile establishments, a hardware and furniture store, drug store, meat market, prosperous bank, excellent hotel, fine dental parlor, two large suction cotton ginneries, cotton warehouse, brick-making plant, livery stables, blacksmith shops, barber shops, three churches and a free public school system." Due to the coming of the automobile, better roads and the depression of the 1930's, many of the business establishments closed as people began going to larger towns for shopping. Today Statham is a thriving and growing community of approximately 2,200 citizens. Lifelong residents are being joined by many new families moving into the area. |
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Statham Elementary School
The Library has an adult book club that meets once a month, usually on the fourth Thursday. The book club selects a book for all members to read and then meets to discuss various topics related to the selected book. Everyone is invited to join in the fun and excitement of the Statham Library Book Club.
The Statham Community Center,
336 Jefferson Street, is quickly becoming a popular site for parties, family reunions, church meetings, business meetings, and other gatherings. Newly renovated, the old fire station retains its historical look with pictures on each wall of Statham through the years.