Arkwright, Georgia

The community was named after Preston S. Arkwright, an electric utilities official, and the founder of Georgia Railway and Power Company.^[2] An early variant name was "Holton".^[1]

In 1890, Capt. Robert Emory Park of Macon, Georgia built Park Memorial United Methodist Church in Holton community, in memory of his wife.^[3]

Georgia Power operated a coal-fired power station in the community called Plant Arkwright, beginning in 1941 until it was closed in 2002.^[4] Over the next year, much of the plant infrastructure was demolished, including the 600 foot tall smokestack.^[5]

In 2026, Georgia Power announced they were going to move two million tons of coal ash from retention ponds at the old plant site to more environmentally secure storage and recycling.^[6]