Editing Tucker, Georgia (section)

===Railroad===
[[File:USGU Tucker, Georgia Map.jpg|thumb|19th century geological survey showing railroad in Tucker]]

In 1886 the [[Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway]] received a charter to build a new rail line between [[Monroe, North Carolina]], and Atlanta. Prior to the project's completion, the company leased the road to the [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] system, a collection of regional railroads headquartered in [[North Carolina]] eager to extend its reach to Atlanta.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo18nort_0#page/220/mode/1up | title=Second Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of North Carolina, for the Year Ending December 31, 1892. | publisher=Railroad Commission of North Carolina | access-date=January 21, 2014 | year=1893 | page=220}}</ref>

Seaboard built depots at a number of small villages, often little more than a crossroads, and named them for railroad company officials. The depot at Jug Tavern, for example, was named for Seaboard's general manager, John H. Winder. The stop at Bryan was named in honor of the system's general superintendent, Lilburn Meyers. Although the origin of the name is unknown, it is possible that the next stop, in the Brownings District, may have been named for Rufus S. Tucker, a director and major shareholder in several Seaboard system railroads. At the DeKalb County Centennial Celebration in 1922, Charles Murphey Candler stated that Tucker a “prosperous and promising village on the Seaboard Air Line Railway... was named in honor of Capt. Tucker, an official of the Seaboard Air Railway.” Some residents attribute the name to a local family with the surname Tucker.<ref>{{cite book | title=DeKalb County Centennial Celebration at Decatur, Georgia November 9, 1922 Historical Address by Hon. Charles Murphey Candler | publisher=DeKalb County Centennial Association | last=Candler | first=Charles Murphey | year=1922 | page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=A History of Tucker 1821-1942 | publisher=Tucker Historical Society | last=Timmons | first=Elias W. (Tim) | year=2013 | page=98}}</ref>

[[File:Map of DeKalb County, Georgia, 1895..jpg|thumb|left|1895 Map of DeKalb County, Georgia, including Tucker.]]

The first train steamed into the new Tucker station on Sunday, April 24, 1892. Originating in [[Elberton, Georgia|Elberton]] with a final destination of the Atlanta suburb of [[Inman Park]] — a four-hour trip — the Seaboard train consisted of two cars carrying 150 passengers and a baggage car.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo18nort_0#page/224/mode/2up | title=Second Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of North Carolina, for the Year Ending December 31, 1892. | publisher=Railroad Commission of North Carolina | access-date=January 21, 2014 | year=1893 | page=224}}</ref> Two months later the [[United States Postal Service|US Postal Service]] appointed Alpheus G. Chewning first Postmaster of the Tucker Post office. [[Rural Free Delivery]] began on March 2, 1903.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt002.cfm | title=Postmaster Finder Postmasters by City, Tucker Post Office, DeKalb County, Georgia | publisher=United States Postal Service | access-date=February 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/first-rfd-georgia.pdf | title=First Rural Routes by State | publisher=United States Postal Service | date=April 2008 | access-date=February 17, 2014}}</ref>

On Saturday, July 1, 1967, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad merged with the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad|Atlantic Coast Line]] to form Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. In 1983 The line became Seaboard System and merged with the Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio and the Western Maryland in 1986 [[Chessie System]] to form current railroad operator, [[CSX Transportation|CSXT]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Seaboard Coast Line & Family Lines | publisher=TLC Publishing | last=Griffin | first=William | year=2004 | pages=4–16 | isbn=0-9766201-0-3}}</ref>
Although no longer a train stop for passengers, the Tucker depot is currently a CSX field office for track repair and signal maintenance.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://maps.google.com/maps?q=CSX+Transportation+4312+Railroad+Ave,+Tucker,+GA+%E2%80%8E&ie=UTF-8&ei=9bKqUqbTGeu-sQTx_4DYDg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg | title=CSX Transportation 4312 Railroad Ave, Tucker, GA 30084 | access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref>

Tucker, at {{convert|1117|ft|m}} above sea level, is the highest point of elevation on the railroad line between Atlanta and [[Richmond, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Cemetery Record of Tucker, Georgia and Environs (DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties) | publisher=The R. J. Taylor, Jr., Foundation | last=Brooke | first=Ted O. | year=2012 | page=vii}}</ref>