The settlement of Social Hill grew around the 1834 establishments of Providence Baptist Church and a local post office. This site became an active trade center, situated as it was on heavily traveled trade routes to and from native Cherokee towns. In 1846, the Social Hill Post Office was included on a tri-weekly, two horse mail hack route from Marietta to the gold fields in Lumpkin County. Having such post offices at rural crossroads --as was true here -- was common during that era.
