Morrow Station, Clayton County, Georgia, USAi

Regional Level Types
Morrow Station	Town
Clayton County	County
Georgia	State
USA	Country

Morrow's journey from unhewn acreage to up-and-coming city center began in the early 19th century when a budding financier, Daniel Tyler, bought out the bankrupt Monroe Railroad and Banking Company and chartered his own business, the Macon and Western Railroad Company. Following 1820s Georgia Governor William Lumpkin's push for a rail system throughout the state, Tyler extended the tracks north into Atlanta, crossing through what is now the city of Morrow.

"Morrow Station," as it was then known, was named after Radford E. Morrow, a local plantation owner boasting more than 1,000 acres of land where his 12-room mansion stood on the corner of Morrow Road and Highway 54. Visit the crossroads today and you enter Morrow's municipal complex, a fitting location for the heart of the city.

In 1887, a diamond was found on the property of Daniel Light, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Morrow Station. This stone was discovered during plowing at the crest of a low hill near the Light residence. A shallow exploration shaft was sunk and the soil and saprolite washed without success. The host rock was apparently a biotite granite. The diamond was a 4.25 carat octahedron 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.3 inches (10 X 10 x 7.6 mm) exhibiting a slightly yellow color and a single, small black inclusion. Its surface was curiously marked with long shallow pittings. A rough cast of this crystal is on exhibit in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.