Rockledge, Georgia
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|subdivision_name2 = Laurens
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|postal_code = 30454
|area_code = 478
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|blank_info = 321774{{cite gnis|321774|Rockledge}}
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Rockledge is an unincorporated community in Laurens County, Georgia, United States. The community is located along a Georgia Central Railway line near Georgia State Route 29, {{convert|13.8|mi}} east-southeast of Dublin. Rockledge has a post office with ZIP code 30454.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=May 25, 2015|author=United States Postal Service}}{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=May 25, 2015}}
History
A post office called Rockledge was established in 1899.{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=26 May 2019}} The community was named for a rock formation ("ledge of rock") near the original town site.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/r.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=191 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Rockledge as a town in 1908.{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tXIwKseCbfYC&pg=PA900|year=1908|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=900}} The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.
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{{Laurens County, Georgia}}
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Category:Former municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Unincorporated communities in Laurens County, Georgia
Category:Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Populated places disestablished in 1995
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