At that time, Levi Stockbridge was mentioned as the person for whom the city may have been named. Until May 6, 1992, there had never been a name other than Professor Stockbridge. Levi would have been 27 years of age when Stockbridge was assigned a post office in 1847. Levi Stockbridge was born on March 13, 1820, and fits the time frame just prior to the Civil War. In his letter, he mentioned that he grew up in Georgia and had been told as a child that the city of Stockbridge was named after his great-great-grandfather Levi Stockbridge, who had traveled back and forth from the North to his property in Florida and stopped here on his journey. On May 6, 1992, Mayor Segio received a letter from John Stockbridge of South Carolina requesting a letter of 'Greeting' from the City of Stockbridge to the attendees of the first reunion of the Stockbridge family. House and Walden-Turner House in Stockbridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Stockbridge was incorporated as a town in 1895 and as a city on August 6, 1920, turning 100 years old on August 6, 2020. The depot was located about 600 feet (180 m) north of what is now North Henry Blvd but was destroyed by the Southern Railway in the early 1980s. Here the railroad built their depot and many lots were sold. Adair, bought a tract about a mile south of Old Stockbridge and offered lots at a reasonable price. The settlers who owned the land about Old Stockbridge asked such a high price for their land that two prominent Atlanta citizens, John W. In 1881, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad was to pass through Stockbridge between Macon and Atlanta. Others contend that the city was named after Thomas Stocks, who was State Surveyor and president of the Georgia State Senate in the 1820s. He was said to be well known and respected in his namesake community. It was granted a post office on April 5, 1847, named for a traveling professor, Levi Stockbridge, who passed through the area many times before the post office was built. The area was settled in 1829 when Concord Methodist Church was organized near present-day Old Stagecoach Road. Stockbridge is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,637, up from 9,853 in 2000. Stockbridge is a city in Henry County, Georgia, United States.

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