Bolivar was an agricultural community located where Sugar Hill & Pine Log Creek merge to become Salacoa Creek. It had its own post office between 1888 & 1901. As well, it became a flag station on the L & N Railroad (now CSX), completed in 1906.

The community, which included a grist mill, was thought to be established by South American immigrants who knew of or were related to General Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) who overthrew Spanish rule in South America. No longer in existence, it was located near the intersection of U. S. Highway 411 and Johnson Mountain Road.

Source: Georgia Place-Names by Kenneth Krakow; Recollections of Bartow County resident, David Vaughan Jr.