History

Shiloh took its name from an old church, Shiloh Fellowship Primitive Baptist organized 1837, stood a mile west of the present village. 

The City of Shiloh is rich in History with antebellum homes and also has a number of confederate graves.

Rebel Hall, located at GA Highway 116 and Oak Mountain Road, is only one of the many well-known homes in the area.  It was owned by a Confederate sympathizer, and he was saved by his slaves from hanging.

In 1886, when the Railroad was built to Griffin, it constructed a side track and a small depot which it named "Shiloh."  A tunnel, the first one in this area, was dug through the mountain about three miles beyond Shiloh.

Daniel Jenkins of Talbot County, moved into the village as the  Railroad's first agent.

Some of the early settlers of this village were Albert and Sidney Fuller, John and Tom Neal, the Parker family, Peter and Young McDowdell, the Trammell family, Jess Anderson, Jim Hanson,  the Moran family,  the Handly family, John Huff family, Crawford, Gregory Cook, the Spark family, the Carlyle family, and the Copeland family.

Typical small town activity developed.  The first Postmaster was Thomas W. Johnson (August 19, 1874).  The post office was located in the Fuller Brothers Store.