Juliette, Georgia
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Juliette | |
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Unincorporated community | |
 Window at the Whistle Stop Café in Juliette | |
  Juliette | |
| Coordinates: 33°6′25″N 83°48′0″W / 33.10694°N 83.80000°WCoordinates: 33°6′25″N 83°48′0″W / 33.10694°N 83.80000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Monroe |
| Named for | Juliette |
Juliette is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Georgia, United States. The community is part of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Named for Juliette McCracken, daughter of a railroad engineer, the town formed with the merging of Brownsville and Iceberg.[1] The film Fried Green Tomatoes was filmed there, and the town has been the focal point of three popular Southern humor books.[clarification needed] After the filming of Fried Green Tomatoes, the sets used for the town's main street were renovated into a tourist district, complete with a fully operational "Whistle Stop Cafe".
Other movie productions set in Juliette were Cockfighter (1974) starring Warren Oates, A Killing Affair (1986) starring Peter Weller, and the documentary Fried Green Tomorrows: Juliette, Ga. Lives (2006) directed by Neill Calabro and starring Danny Vinson. A small cafe scene set in Juliette in The War (1994) with Kevin Costner also displayed the Juliette Volunteer Fire Department.
Places and events of interest[]
Less than 10 miles outside of Juliette is the Jarrell Plantation, historical site on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places with a museum and a park.
Juliette is also home to Plant Scherer, one of the nation's largest power generation facilities.
On February 14 of each year, the town of Juliette offers a special dual postmark with the village of Romeo, Michigan. This tradition began in 1994, as a nod to the William Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet.[2]
References[]
- ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 123. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
- ^ Advisor and Source Newspapers: "Valentine tradition continues in Romeo, Juliette", January 22, 2010.
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- Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Georgia
- Macon metropolitan area, Georgia