Bostwick, named for a family that contributed substantially to the community’s economic success, was incorporated by the Georgia legislature in 1902. By 1897, before incorporation, it had a strong civic center that included two cotton gins, a grist mill, post office, doctor’s office, bank, and hotel. Although it lay about 10 miles from the major railroad line between Augusta and Atlanta, it had its own rail line connecting Monroe in Walton County with Apalachee and Madison in Morgan County. A five-room schoolhouse with ten grade levels was built in the 1890s, the Baptist Church was organized in 1900, and the Methodist Church was founded in 1905. The area’s cotton economy was served by a cotton gin built by John Bostwick in the early 1900s, and at the beginning of the 21st century cotton remained a staple crop grown on acres around the town and ginned locally at the Bostwick Gin. As the economy transitioned, ornamental horticulture, including sod farms and landscape nurseries, continued the area’s agricultural tradition, and Bostwick became recognized as a significant part of Morgan County history for its once-thriving cotton-based economy and for the many individuals who took pride in the community.