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Shellman is a 200 acre historic district in Randolph County Georiga. Shellman was incorporated in 1883. It was originally named Ward, in honor of John P. Ward, whose vision helped to bring the South-Western Rail Road to the area and to place a depot in the spot that would become the center of the town. Only two years later, the name of the town was changed to Shellman, in honor of Major R. F. Shellman, General Traffic Manager of the Central of Georgia Railroad. Major Shellman was a promoter of the young town.

The Shellman Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which includes Shellman’s intact historic, residential, and commercial resources, several historic churches, a railroad depot, and the city cemetery.” It was deemed “historically significant in terms of community planning and development, transportation, architecture, landscape architecture, commerce, and local history.”

Shellman is best known as the birthplace of Gertrude Baines, the world’s oldest person, and Diadourius Boudleaux Bryant, part of the songwriting team Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, as well as the home of Thomas Davis, an NFL defensive player, and Donnell Harvey, a former NBA athlete.