Ball Ground Historical Society

05/28/2026

The Ball Ground Historical Society has cancelled its meeting for this month and invites members to attend the meeting scheduled for June 25th.

05/17/2026

View Hazel Napier Galloway's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

05/12/2026

The Ball Ground Historical Society extends its sincerest condolences to Tony and Steve Stancil. Max is Tony's brother and Steve's father. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Stancil family today and in the days ahead🙏🏻❤️

View Roy Max Stancil's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

05/04/2026

These are just a few pictures of the May 2, 2026 Ball Ground Historical Society Meeting held at the Ball Ground Gym. Those in attendance listened to stories told by former students, basketball players and coaches of their participation in the construction of the gym and their days of playing basketball and coaching in the beloved gym. Those sharing stories were L/R - Coach Brad Wheeler, Bob Dean, Jobyna Stoner Stansel, Jennie Dean Byers, Buddy Cowart, Robert Wofford, Raymond Cheshire, Shorty Jordan & Sandra Pendley.

04/26/2026

BALL GROUND HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING
Saturday, May 2nd, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Historic Ball Ground Gym



Please join the Ball Ground Historical Society at a special meeting on Saturday, May 2nd, at 2 :00 pm, to learn more about the history of the historic Ball Ground Gym. We will have pictures and stories from the history of the gym and how it was built. We also hope to have an update on the ongoing renovation.

If you went to Ball Gound School and played basketball at the gym, please join us to share your memories. Also, if you have pictures, please bring them as well.

03/27/2026

Latest blog post by Bruce Baker is on the website! Read about the Wreck on the Amicalola. 🔗Link in comments.

03/26/2026

03/25/2026

Just a reminder about tomorrow’s meeting (Thursday, March 26th) at 6 pm. We’ll be talking about grocery stores.

03/18/2026

History Cherokee

03/17/2026

Ball Ground Historical Society March Meeting
March Meeting – The Grocery Stores of Ball Ground

We have an exciting meeting planned for our meeting at 6pm on Thursday, March 26th, in the city council chambers of Ball Ground City Hall.

Our format will be those in attendance discussing, reminiscing and recollecting the history of the grocery stores in Ball Ground. Please bring any pictures or other memorabilia from these important parts of our town’s history!

We are also excited to announce that we will be having “History of The Ball Ground Gym” on Saturday, May 2nd. More details on this meeting will be announced soon as we honor the history of our town’s original school gymnasium.

We look forward to seeing you at these events!