The Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Railway was created as a subsidiary of the Georgia and Florida Railway to consolidate lines of several smaller railroads. It started in 1905 by acquiring the Barrows Bluff, GA to Douglas, GA line that was from the Wadley and Mt. Vernon Railroad. The next year it bought the Pinebloom, GA to Nashville, GA section of the Ocilla, Pinebloom, and Valdosta Railway. Shortly afterward it took control of the Broxton, GA to Hazlehurst, GA

Hazlehurst, Georgia

Hazlehurst is a city in and the county seat of Jeff Davis County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,787 at the 2000 census.-Demographics:...

 branch of the Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad

Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad

Chartered in 1903, the Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad had originally planned on building a railroad from Macon, GA to Valdosta, GA. In 1905 it acquired track between Broxton, GA and Hazlehurst, GA from the Broxton, Hazlehurst and Savannah Railroad. By 1906 it was operating between Broxton and...

. From there, the DA&G built a new line from Douglas to Garrant, GA giving the railroad a line from Hazelhurst to Nashville. The DA&G was absorbed by the G&F in 1907.