- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Old Van Wert-Polk County historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Polk County
Counties--Georgia--Polk County
Counties--Georgia--Paulding County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Polk County, Rockmart, 34.0026, -85.04161
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 278 Bus in Van Wert at eastern city limit of Rockmart
Text of marker: "OLD VAN WERT POLK COUNTY. County seat of Paulding when that county was created in 1832; inc. 1838. Named for Isaac Van Wert & John Paulding, two of the captors of Major Andre. Polk County was organized in 1851 from parts of Floyd and Paulding; this placed Van Wert in Polk Co.; Dallas became the county seat of Paulding -- Cedartown, that of Polk. May 25, 1864. Davis, (2d) div., 14th A.C. (USA), having camped the night before at Peek's Spring, 4.5 mi. N., turned E. here and marched to Dallas in Paulding County. 115-5 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1976" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_old-van-wert-polk-county
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_old-van-wert-polk-county
- 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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