Location incorrect

George Ezell Legge

While doing the 1950 census I noticed that my hometown is listed wrong. Now I have found two other instances of the same. What is showing is Barnesville, Pike, Georgia It should be Barnesville, Lamar, Georgia. Barnesville is not in Pike count but Lamar.

Julia Szent-Györgyi

From what I can tell, it used to be in Pike county until 1920, when it became the seat of the newly-formed Lamar county, but for some reason, FS's Places database has it as Pike for both the pre- and post-1920 intervals: https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?focusedId=3958691&searchTypeaheadInputText=Barnesville,%20Georgia&text=Barnesville,%20Georgia. You can suggest a correction using the "Improve This Place" button. (I just did so, mentioning the already-cited Wikipedia article, but if you know a better website to cite, please go ahead and send it up. Choose "parent place" for the first drop-down.)

Maile L

I found some records that were originally in Barnsville, Lamar Georgia, (such as https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FQR-C9G4) but I haven't found one with Barnsville in Pike county. Can you provide a link to the incorrect record?

Yakkadoo

Pike County is where Barnesville used to be until 1921. Then it became a part of the newly formed Lamar County, which was formed from parts of Pike and Monroe Counties. Records prior to 1921 would show Barnesville in Pike but I don't think the 1950 census should be showing Barnesville in Pike County.

I am familiar with Pike as my great grandfather and his parents were from there.