Villanow, Georgia

07/20/2025

“Villanow, a quite sober peaceful town, has made many manly men and the present holds within her vicinity the coming gentlemen of the next generation.” Jesse M. Goodson (1899 in the North Georgia Citizen newspaper)

12/05/2021

This is an informative podcast about the 1989 murder of Nikia Gilbreath in Villanow. A lot of names I know and I remember that as such a big case at the time.

In 1989, Joe and Nikia Gilbreath were just starting their lives together in Georgia.  They had one child and another on the way, living their dream life on a large piece of property in the country.  But August of that year would bring tragedy.  Nikia, 5 mo...

09/29/2020

We discovered this photo (taken 1907 or 1908) of a gathering at Concord Methodist Church in Villanow, Ga. on a blog written by a Villanow native back in 2016.
History always tells a story and it's wonderful when it can be captured in a timeless image!
https://bd-studios.com/journey/concord-church-photo/

08/07/2020

The Longest Yard Sale is this weekend! Do you plan on attending?
Here's a link to read more about it: http://www.127yardsale.com/

07/01/2020

Hello, Villanow! We thought it might be fun to share historic Villanow photos on our page. This could be anything from a family gathered on a porch to a nice or interesting view, and anything in between. If you have any digital photos you think folks would find interesting please email us at [email protected] and please answer the following questions:

1. Name of person submitting photo
2. Name of person taking the photo (if known)
3. Year photo was taken
4. Location of photo
5. Names of individuals in the photo
6. What’s happening in the photo?

One photo per email and only photos appropriate to share with any audience. We will share photos once a week!
*see comments for post photo source*

06/23/2020

One of the stories about where Villanow got it's name was from the Palace of Wilanow (Villanow) in Poland. It was made famous in a novel of the time. Can you see the resemblance?

06/22/2020

Does anyone know of any garden clubs in the Villanow area?

02/04/2020

I grew up next to the Goodson family cemetery. Caral Goodson was evidently known as an arsonist. This is from 1933

12/31/2018

I saw this article in the Atlanta Constitution from 1956 and found it interesting.

11/01/2015

Does anyone know how this is doing?

VILLANOW, Ga. -- Two or three times a week, passersby pull over to see what's happening alongside the two-laned Highway 136.

03/25/2013

It's a cold, day in March but it's been worse. Blizzard of '93 as remembered by a resident
http://bd-studios.com/journey/