Scarboro was one of the older settlements in this part of Georgia, established sometime before 1840 and named for Enoch or Hardy Scarborouogh of Screven County. In 1839 it became Station No. 7 on the Central Rail Road, one of the very oldest railroads in the United States, and served as a refueling station for more than 30 years. During the War Between the States, Gen. Sherman’s army (US) camped alongside the railroad here on the night of Dec. 3, 1864. The Scarboro Baptist Church was organized in 1854, and about ½ mile east stands the old Woods' house, constructed in part about ten years before the War Between the States.