Old Post Road predated Elberton and carried mail by post riders before Falling Creek Church was built in 1788 and during Washington's administration. Later, a stagecoach ran between Elberton and Lexington three times a week, stopping at the old Globe Hotel on the site of the present courthouse in Elberton. Merchandise for local merchants continued to come over this road until 1878, when the first railroad reached Elberton. With the coming of Rural Free Delivery, Mr. Giles made the first delivery in Elbert County over this road on horseback.