Oscarville is a ghost town in Forsyth County, Georgia. Oscarville, a majority-Black town, is most famous for being a central location in a series of violent crimes and racially motivated riots that …

Jul 13, 2022 · Georgia history teacher Lisa Crosby said Oscarville was a thriving Black community full of carpenters, blacksmiths, and bricklayers, with farming as the top trade.

Aug 21, 2021 · Settled along the Chattahoochee waters, Oscarville was home to roughly 1,100 black folks, most of whom were freed after fighting in the American Civil War. Many worked as …

Sep 15, 2016 · One of the nightmarish racist chapters of American history is documented in a new book by my guest Patrick Phillips. It's about what happened in Forsyth County, Ga., in 1912 …

Jun 5, 2023 · Before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created Lake Lanier in Forsyth County, the area held a history of pain, death, and ongoing racial tension. There is a longstanding myth …

Jan 5, 2022 · By the end of 1912, two incidents in the county, including one near Oscarville, and the ensuing violence against the Black population there, led essentially every Black person to …

Aug 18, 2023 · Lake Lanier in Georgia is one of the deadliest lakes in the United States. The land was once home to the Black town of Oscarville, before it was destroyed and flooded.

In 1910, the town Oscarville had nearly 1,100 African Americans, and many of the families owned their own land or businesses. The community supported numerous churches and included …

Apr 6, 2021 · One of the more well-known towns absorbed by the lake is Oscarville. Although portions of old Oscarville, Georgia, still live on the map, the original city survived through lore. …

Oscarville (Central Yupik: Kuiggayagaq) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 70 at the 2010 census, up from 61 in 2000. …