Editing Poulan, Georgia (section)

==History==
The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Poulan as a town in 1889.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fBQ4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA265|year=1899|publisher=J. Johnston|page=265}}</ref> The city was named for Judge W. A. Poulan.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/p.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=180 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> The remnants of what was once a bank and pharmacy are still standing on Broad Street.<ref name="City of Poulan">{{Cite web |title=City of Poulan |url=https://www.cityofpoulan.com/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=City of Poulan |language=en}}</ref> Poulan is also home to the only two historical registered properties in Worth County; the Poulan Library and Possum Poke.<ref name="City of Poulan"/> Poulan was settled in 1877 along the Brunswick and Albany railroad.<ref name="City of Poulan"/>[[File:Library, Poulan, GA, US.jpg|right|thumb|Library, on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] ]]