HR 1664: General Wallace Intersection; Dawson County; dedicate

This resolution honors Mr. General Wallace and his family, who settled near what is now the intersection of State Route 400 and State Route 136 in Dawson County in the 1880s. The Wallace family ran a sawmill, corn mill, general store, and gas pump on their property, and their land also served as a community voting precinct until the early 1960s. In the mid-1970s the family sold the land to the state for the construction of State Route 400. The resolution formally dedicates the intersection of State Route 400 and State Route 136 as the General Wallace Intersection. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to the Wallace family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the intersection of State Route 400 and State Route 136 in Dawson County as the General Wallace Intersection.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedicated intersection.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to the Wallace family and the Department of Transportation.

The resolution primarily affects the Wallace family, who are honored by the naming, the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain the commemorative signage, and residents and travelers in Dawson County who will see the new intersection name.

While largely symbolic, the resolution results in an actual state agency action: the Department of Transportation must put up physical signage at a specific Georgia intersection, permanently marking the Wallace family's local history for residents and travelers passing through Dawson County.

• The resolution's preamble recounts the Wallace family's history in Dawson County from the 1880s through the sale of their land to the state in the 1970s for State Route 400.
• The first resolving clause dedicates the intersection of State Route 400 and State Route 136 in Dawson County as the General Wallace Intersection.
• The second resolving clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• The final clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the Wallace family and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2026-03-18House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-03-16House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-12House Hopper (House)

• Will Wade (R, HD-009)Primary sponsor
• Johnny Chastain (R, HD-007)

• Dawson County
• road dedications
• Georgia Department of Transportation
• local history
• commemorative resolutions