GA 267 never entirely made sense, but it started out as a cutoff road between U.S. 80/GA 22 and GA 41 southwest of their intersection in its early years. Extending 6.9 miles and serving the Juniper community, the highway was commissioned around 1948 or 1949.

By 1958, GA 267 was finally paved along its entire length. By 1962, GA 267 saw its one and only banner route, GA 267 Loop. Routes like that cause much curiosity into what went on in the Georgia Highway Department in that era. An insignificant route gaining an even more insignificant banner route while more important local routes never saw a state route sign. By 1963, GA 355 was created and extended over the north end of GA 267, resulting in the truncation of the route by nearly half. Since GA 267 Loop was on the portion that was changed to GA 355, the banner route became GA 355 Loop instead. The loop was later decommissioned itself in 1973.

Compare the 1962 map prior to the creation of GA 355 and the 1996 map prior to the decommissioning of the final segment of GA 267. For additional maps, including GA 355 Loop, see the GA 355 page.

GA 267 survived many rounds of decommissionings throughout the 1970's and 1980's, but was found and eliminated in 1997. All the other odd state routes in Marion County, however, have so far retained their status as state routes.