Editing Alma, Georgia (section)

==History==
Alma was founded in 1900 as a stop on the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]]. It was incorporated as a city in 1906 and designated seat of the newly formed Bacon County in 1914.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA216 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | accessdate=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=216| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref> There are two theories about the origin of the name of the town. The first is that it was named for the wife of a traveling salesmen, Alma Sheridan; the other is that it was named for the initial letter of the four state capitals Georgia has had: [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]], [[Louisville, Georgia|Louisville]], [[Milledgeville, Georgia|Milledgeville]], and [[Atlanta]].<ref name="City of Alma/Georgia.gov">{{cite web | url=https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/alma | title=Alma | accessdate=28 December 2016 | website=Georgia.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/a.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=4 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

There are four sites in Alma listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Bacon County, Georgia|National Register of Historic Places]]: [[Alma Depot]], [[Bacon County Courthouse]], [[Bacon County School]], and the [[Rabinowitz Building]].