Old News Stories Spring Place Statistics, 1878 From The Daily Constitution Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 5, 1878 (SPRING PLACE STATISTICS) SPRING PLACE – Population whites 250, blacks 9-259, 42 dwellings, 1 hotel, 3 churches, 1 school, 6 stores, 3 physicians, 3 lawyers. (Note: This paragraph was extracted from long article containing statistics for various towns in Georgia. All of the counts for blacks were given as wide range, such as 9-259 above.) Old News Stories