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Incorporated in 1860 on December 1, the town was named by Western & Atlantic Railroad engineer Joseph L. Gregg in 1843 for his hometown of Acworth, New Hampshire, which was in turn named for English nobleman Lord Acworth.[2] The city was known as Northcutt Station from 1840 - 1843, after the first railroad station master Alfred Northcutt, and prior to that it was known as "Andersonville". Sorry if this dosent solve the answer for you.
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It was probably named for an Anderson who was in some way involved in the founding of the town. In addition to NotMice's answer, let me note here that there were two towns of Andersonville in Georgia; the one in Cobb County (in the NW of the state) and the one in Macon County. This second Andersonville earned its name for keeps as the most infamous prisoner-of-war camp in the entire history of the Civil War; the site is now a national historic park featuring the National Prisoner of War Museum, a national cemetery for the Union POW's who died there, and even reconstructed sections of the stockade walls.
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