- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Marion historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Twiggs County
Ghost towns--Georgia--Marion - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Twiggs County, 32.6672, -83.42708
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: front of church on Jeffersonville-Bullard Rd. (Ga. 96) 1/2 mile N. of I-16
Text of marker: "MARION. Marion, incorporated in 1816, was the first county seat of Twiggs County. Named for General Francis Marion, the Revolutionary "Swamp Fox", it was a trading center and metropolis in ante bellum days. Its decline began when residents refused to accept the "intrusion of the iron horse" after the original survey of the Central Railroad routed the line through Marion. In 1868 the county site was moved six miles to Jeffersonville. Residents moved away, leaving a dead town and large abandoned homes. U.S. Geodetic Survey in 1948 established this vicinity as the exact center of Georgia. 143-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_marion
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_marion
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
