Editing Siloam, Georgia (section)

==History==
Siloam was originally called "Smyrna", and under the latter name permanent settlement was first made in the 1840s.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/greene-county | title=Greene County | publisher=New Georgia Encyclopedia | accessdate=June 5, 2019}}</ref> A post office called Siloam was established in 1871.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=June 4, 2019}}</ref> The present name is after the ancient [[Siloam tunnel]], a place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/s.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=205 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>