Walthourville, Georgia, was incorporated in 1974 and organized by women with support from men. Its first mayor, Lyndol Anderson, was appointed by Governor Jimmy Carter in 1974, took the oath of office on April 10, 1974, with Attorney J. Noel Osteen administering it at the Walthourville Polling House, and was officially elected in the city's first election on December 4, 1974. The first council included Faye Booth, Maxine Gaskin, Carrie Kent, Ardith Herbert, and Celia Davis, with Molene Burke as clerk. Anderson donated her $150-a-month salary for the betterment of the city, and the all-female council also donated their salaries. That money helped finance installation of the city's first 40 street lights. Anderson and the council also secured the first water system for one dollar, introduced the first city license plates, appointed the first voter registration board, organized the first city clean up day, put up the first speed limit signs, and purchased the building that houses city hall and the post office. In 1974, Anderson and her council were honored on national television on the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite for these accomplishments.