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Crawford Mobile Home Community has provided affordable housing for residents in Oglethorpe County for the past 15 years. The 25 homes on this property consist of 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom units and are rented for an average of $1,000 a month. (Ansley Gavlak/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Crawford Mobile Home Community has provided affordable housing for residents in Oglethorpe County for the past 15 years. The 25 homes on this property consist of 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom units and are rented for an average of $1,000 a month. (Ansley Gavlak/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Mobile homes are an option as housing prices climb

Mia Fishman and Ansley Gavlak
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
An orderly cluster of mobile homes sits on Wheeler Circle, just off of Highway 78. It’s a quiet, safe neighborhood, housing families and locals at an affordable rate.  “I've got good, hard-working folks,” said Boyd Smith, manager of Crawford Mobile Home Community.
Teresa Jo Campbell works in her new role as Oglethorpe County’s planning assistant and permitting coordinator. Campbell, who worked as a clerk and elections assistant in the probate court, began this job in January. (Photo/Lilly Stone)

Teresa Jo Campbell works in her new role as Oglethorpe County’s planning assistant and permitting coordinator. Campbell, who worked as a clerk and elections assistant in the probate court, began this job in January. (Photo/Lilly Stone)

Campbell takes on new role with county

Lilly Stone
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Teresa Jo Campbell fell in love with Oglethorpe County for many of the same reasons most residents do when she moved here in 2018. “I hope that people see Oglethorpe the way I saw it when I moved here,” Campbell said. “I loved that it was quiet and peaceful, and it still is.