Dallas - Hiram
DALLAS
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Dallas is a city in and the county seat of Paulding County, Georgia, United States. As of the 1910 census, the city had a population of 11,544. The estimated population as of 1914 was 12,629. It was named for George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States of America under James K. Polk.
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Dallas was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on February 8, 1854, on 40 acres (160,000 m2) purchased from Garrett H. Spinks on May 14, 1852, for $1000. Its first commissioners were James H. Ballinger, James S. Hackett, Hezekiah Harrison, John S. Poole, and Garrett H. Spinks.
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In the late 1850s the town no longer elected officers and a new charter was issued in 1883.
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For many years the real WKRP was in Dallas, just to the west of the center of downtown.
HIRAM
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Hiram is a city in Paulding County, Georgia, United States. As of 2011, the population is 2,332. The city was named after Hiram Baggett, the town's first postmaster.
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Initially named Gray's Mill to honor early settler Garrett Gray, Hiram incorporated in 1891. Gray brought quite a bit to Hiram, including the first cotton gin and the mill. He also represented the area in Congress and ran a political campaign to win the seat as the state's governor.
