Jakin, GA

Jakin is a city in Early County, Georgia, United States. The 1895 census counted 131 residents. As early as 1817 settlers began moving into the area and began to build on the old Indian paths along the river. These old paths became the Old River Road in 1820 and a post road by the mid-1820s. Jakin was formerly the site of Jakin High School. The short version is that Jakin carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Jakin: its past remains attached to the places people use now. U.S. Route 84 passes through the southern part of the town, leading southeast 7 miles to Donalsonville and northwest 26 miles to Dothan, Alabama. Blakely, the Early County seat, is 21 miles to the north via Jakin Road. Jakin includes the Chattahoochee River.