Lizella, Georgia
unincorporated community in Bibb County, Georgia, United States
Lizella ly-ZEL-ə is an unincorporated community in Bibb and Crawford counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. approximately 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Macon. It is part of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area.
U.S. Route 80 passes through Lizella.
History
Lizella was established circa 1891, when the Macon and Birmingham Railroad Co. laid tracks to LaGrange amid a collection of farms west of Macon.
The settlement was originally named "Warrior". The first local postmaster, James A. Eubanks, drew the name "Lizella" from the names of his two daughters, Lizzie and Ella.
Mother's Day storm 2008
On May 11, 2008, an EF2 tornado touched down in Lizella at 5:45 am. The storm caused extensive damage to parts of the Macon metropolitan area, and cleanup took more than a year.
“Lizella, Georgia” enters the record as unincorporated community in Bibb County, Georgia, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Lizella, Georgia and unincorporated can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6660594. Authority coordinates are 32.807, -83.820. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1891 and 2008.
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