Thomas County was created in 1825 and Thomasville established as county seat in 1826.  Early settlers from Rhode Island are credited with naming this area for the Tocwotton Indian Tribe which inhabited Rhode Island at the time of its colonization.  Development began during the ante-bellum period and the city limits of Thomasville were expanded to include Tocwotton in 1857.  In the 1880’s and 1890’s wealthy Thomasville residents and winter visitors from the north, began building large houses along South Hansell Street and Remington Avenue.  By 1910, the area had taken on its present appearance characterized for informal front yards, flowering plants and tree-lined streets that create a park-like setting.  By the 1970’s the neighborhood had deteriorated and was threatened by commercial development.  In 1971, Thomasville Landmarks Inc., a private non-profit, preservation group, led by its president, Marguerite Neel Williams thwarted the re-development of this area.  The Tocwotton-Love Place Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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