Mauk, Georgia

Unincorporated community in Georgia, United States

32°30′5.9″N 84°25′16″W / 32.501639°N 84.42111°W / 32.501639; -84.42111CountryUnited StatesStateGeorgiaCountyTaylorElevation

781 ft (238 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

31058

Area code478GNIS feature ID0317801^[1]

Mauk is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, Georgia, United States.^[2] It lies approximately 12 km south of Junction City.

History

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Mauk as a town in 1913.^[3] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1939.^[4]

Mauk Post Office (ZIP code: 31058)
Old Mauk schoolhouse, placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 30, 2008.

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Feature Detail Report for: Mauk". US Geological Survey. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
^ Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia. J. Johnston. 1913. p. 1011.
^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 145. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.