Hapeville, Georgia

Hapeville, situated on the Central Railroad of Georgia eight miles from Atlanta on a watershed extending from Atlanta to Macon, was chartered on September 16, 1891, and was considered the most attractive suburban town around Atlanta because of its society, location, and educational advantages. Many of the first settlers made it their summer home. It was named for Dr. Samuel Hape, who was in the dental supply business in Atlanta and who moved in 1879 to his five hundred acre country place there. After Hapeville was incorporated in 1891, he became its first mayor and first postmaster. He had served in an important capacity in the Confederate Army and was a member of St. Phillips Episcopal Church, the Atlanta City Council, the American Pomological Society as vice president, the Masons, and the Shriners. He died in 1915 at the age of eighty-five. By 1971, the land area had changed, but residents' feelings about Hapeville had not.

Hapeville, Georgia · United States