Located off Exit 149, it sits 10 miles away from the Peach County town of Fort Valley. Byron was incorporated in 1874 and the city was renamed twice.
“The first name was Station 1.5. It was just a location. Second name was Jackson Station and that’s because the guy who was the station master at Station 1.5 was a fellow by the name of Nimrod Jackson,” Byron Mayor Michael Chidester said.
He said that the name “Byron” was eventually born, inspired by the city’s first mayor C.H. Richardson’s favorite poet, Lord Byron. He said that originally, Byron was known as a railroad hub…