Menlo, Georgia Menlo, Georgia Menlo is a small city in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States. The population was 474 at the 2010 census. A post office called Menlo has been in operation since 1886. The city was established in the early 1880s, and incorporated in 1903. The city's founder, Captain Andrew Lawrence, named it after Menlo Park, New Jersey, in honor of inventor Thomas Edison. Menlo is located at the base of the Cumberland Plateau in western Chattooga County. It lies just over a mile east of the Alabama border. Georgia State Route 48 runs through the center of town, leading east
Menlo School advocacy programs give freshmen the opportunity to make connections with upperclassmen and faculty members as they begin their time at the school. Menlo has implemented programs designed to encourage lifelong learning. Menlo had a special academic week known as "Knight School" once a year where students substitute traditional classes for alternative intellectual explorations. Past Knight School activities have spanned from volunteer trips to work with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans to cooking classes and video game design seminars. As of the 2017-2018 school year, Menlo replaced Knight School with M-Term, which focuses on educating freshmen and sophomores about the