Editing Barnesville, Georgia (section)

==History==
Barnesville was founded in 1826 and named for Gideon Barnes, proprietor of a local tavern.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/b.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=14 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> Barnesville served as a major hospital site for wounded southern troops during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Local families took wounded soldiers into their homes and treated them, with highly successful recovery rates. Major General [[William B. Bate]], CSA of Hardees Corps., wounded in Atlanta at [[Battle of Utoy Creek|Utoy Creek]] on August 10, 1864, was treated here. After the war, General Bate was elected governor of [[Tennessee]] and served in the [[United States Senate]] until his death in 1912. He commented on his successful recovery as a result of the kindness of the local populace in Barnesville.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Educator [[Helena B. Cobb]] founded the Helena B. Cobb Institute in Barnesville in the early 1900s. It was modeled after [[Booker T. Washington]]'s [[Tuskegee Institute]] and educated African American girls as the only school within the CME Church for women. In 1920, Barnesville was designated seat of the newly formed Lamar County.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA220 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | page=220| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref>

===Weather events===
On the morning of April 28, 2011, at 12:38 A.M., a tornado rated EF3 on the [[Enhanced Fujita Scale]] with {{convert|140|mph}} winds touched down in [[Pike County, Georgia|Pike County]], {{convert|4|mi|0}} south of [[Meansville, Georgia|Meansville]]. The tornado went on to destroy several homes in Barnesville. Two deaths occurred in Barnesville along Grove Street. The tornado also destroyed a [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] gas station and a church in Barnesville. Three tractor trailers were blown off [[Interstate 75]] at approximately 1:02 A.M. This tornado was part of the [[2011 Super Outbreak]].