- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Old Sunbury Road historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Johnson County
Roads--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Johnson County, 32.70146, -82.66008
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S 221/Ga. 171 at the Jefferson-Johnson County line
Text of marker: "OLD SUNBURY ROAD. The highway crosses at this point the former course of the Sunbury road, one of the longest vehicular thoroughfares of post-reolutionary Georgia. It was laid out in the early 1790's from Greensboro via today's Sparta and Swainsboro to Sunbury, a port on the Midway River in Libery County. The Jefferson and Johnson county line follows this early route. The old way lost arterial significance when Sunbury, once a leading port, declined in commercial importance. From northern Emanuel county southward, much of the way remains in daily use. 083-2 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_old-sunbury-road5
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_old-sunbury-road5
- 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:
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