Editing Murray County, Georgia (section)

===Railroad===
In 1906, after two earlier attempts at building a railroad in Murray County had failed, the Louisville and Nashville line was built to run north to south through the entire length of the county. Murray grew, with new towns developing along the railroad. One of these new towns was named [[Chatsworth, Georgia|Chatsworth]]. With the new railroad line in place, timber could be shipped out of the mountains, and talc deposits, discovered in the 1870s, was able to be mined and the ore shipped throughout the country.

The old county seat of Spring Place was bypassed by the railroad. Some Murray Countians began an effort to move the county seat to the more central and accessible railroad town of [[Chatsworth, Georgia|Chatsworth]]. Much dissention was caused by this effort. A county-wide referendum was held on the matter in 1912, which resulted in [[Chatsworth, Georgia|Chatsworth]] being named as the seat of local government, where it remains to present day.

Into the twentieth century, Murray remained predominantly agricultural. Shortly after World War II the textile industry, prevalent in neighboring [[Whitfield County, Georgia|Whitfield County]], began to move into Murray. Today, the carpet industry is the predominant employer in Murray County.