Center Village or Centerville GHM 024-8
N 30° 49.968 W 082° 00.376
17R E 403766 N 3411505
The Center Village or Centerville historical marker is located on US 23/US 301 at the junction with GA 252 in Folkston, Georgia.
Waymark Code: WM37J4
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2008
Views: 13
The marker reads as follows:
Two miles Northeast of here is the site of old Center Village, or Centerville, settled about 1800 and for many years an important trading center. To this village came the inhabitants of Ware, Pierce, Clinch, Coffee and Appling counties, bringing staple cotton, beeswax, honey, jerked venison, hides, furs, etc. to exchange for flour, sugar, coffee, shot, powder and other commodities they did not produce. Here, too, disputes were settled and sports enjoyed.
A regular stop for stage coaches traveling the Kings Road, old Center Village went out of existence after the coming of the railroad.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 024-8
Date: 1958
Sponsor: Not listed
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