Local Area
Crabapple got its beginnings as a trading route for Cherokee Indians who lived in North Georgia. But in the 1830s, the state removed the Indians and gave their land to white settlers. The settlers set up farms in the area. One of the community’s earliest residents was John B. Broadwell, who owned the orchard for which Crabapple was named. By the early 1900s, several of the buildings at the Five Corners intersection were built, housing a general store, a cotton gin, a cotton warehouse and a gas station. Beginning in 1857, Crabapple was a part of Milton County, but the county merged with Fulton County in 1932. Today, Crabapple can be identified by the silos, four-board horse fence, and miles of equestrian facilities.
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