Category Archives: Aline GA

McKinley Store, Aline

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A dilapidated wooden store with a rusty metal roof, surrounded by trees with autumn foliage under a clear blue sky.

David Robinson writes: The old falling down building was another store, I think owned by the McKinley family. From what some of the old timers said there were silent movies shown there and it was an old store. At one time Aline had cotton gin, barber shops, grocery stores, a large school and several other buildings. Highway 57 was where the rail road ran and the dirt road (partly paved now) in “downtown” was located.and remnants of the dirt road can be seen on south of the town.

Beulah Boatright Eubanks adds more to the story: “My sister, Virginia, and brother, W. O.Boatright, Jr. attended school in the building. At one time it was converted into a pool hall which required membership to shoot….yeah, in Aline!”

Update: As of 2022, this structure has collapsed.

Bill’s Grocery, Aline

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A small, white store with a covered porch and a table in front, surrounded by trees and a clear blue sky.

Thanks to Travis C. Hall for the identification.

Aline, Georgia

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Two old buildings with metal roofs, one wooden and one white, surrounded by autumn foliage against a clear blue sky.

Before the construction of Interstate 16, Aline was a busy little village. Today, just a few old stores and a couple of blocks of older homes remain. And it’s pronounced A-LINE. David Robinson writes: “I bought the old block building beside the two pictured buildings and chatting around with many of the old timers from that town, Bill Cobb and Sue his wife ran the white painted store and lived in a home behind the store. The old falling down building was another store I think owned by the McKinley family. From what some of the old timers said there were silent movies shown there and it was an old store. At one time Aline had cotton gin, barber shops, grocery stores a large school and several other buildings. Highway 57 was where the rail road ran and the dirt road (partly paved now in “downtown”) was located and remnants of the dirt road can be seen on south of the town.“

Update: The building on the left is gone, as of 2022.