Murray County Industrial Development Authority

The City of Eton is home to the second inland port in the state (another inland port will be operational in 2024 in northeast Georgia). The Appalachian Regional Port is the gateway to Georgia’s seaport of Savannah, the fourth busiest port in the U.S., for markets in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Inland ports relieve interstate congestion and carbon emissions by using rail passage. A truck driver can pull in, unload a container, and be on their way in less than 20 minutes.

Because of our inland port, big name businesses are relocating here.

We have welcomed General Electric (GE) Logistics Center and Huali Floors, enhancing job growth in the region. Foss Floors and Polytech Fibers, LLC are expanding. We welcomed Galaxy Group, a Las Vegas, Nevada-based manufacturer, to the Murray South Industrial Park where they are building a facility. Green Galaxy Group purchased 41 acres for its back-to-the-U.S. manufacturing facility to make synthetic surfacing.

The Appalachian Regional Port is on 42 acres in Northwest Georgia’s Murray County. The port is a joint effort of the state of Georgia, Murray County, the Georgia Ports Authority and CSX Transportation. The inland rail terminal, which opened in 2018, provides a powerful gateway to global markets.

• Delivering to the inland port is an efficient alternative to an all-truck dray to/from the deepwater Port of Savannah.
• Each round-trip container moved via the ARP offsets 710 truck miles on Georgia highways.

• The facility has a capacity of 50,000 containers per year. A 10-year development plan will double capacity.
• The ARP offers exclusive CSX service on a direct, 388-mile rail route to/from Savannah's Garden City Terminal.
• The ARP site features easy access to Interstate 75 and U.S. 411, as well as direct rail service to Savannah.

Murray County is within reach of 75% of the continental U.S. in two days or fewer.