With the construction of the Western & Atlantic Railroad in the early 1840s, a new community grew at this location. Originally known as Northcutt Station, the town was renamed Acworth. A United States Post Office was established here in 1844. A railroad depot near this location served the town in its early years until it was destroyed by Union forces on Nov. 13, 1864. The depot was rebuilt in the mid 1860s. In the summer of 1893 a new railroad depot was built on this site to serve the community. In 1970, the State of Georgia, owner of the W&A RR, declared the depot as surplus and it was sold at auction and removed from this site.