Scarboro-GHM 082-5-Jenkins Co
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Sprinterman
N 32° 42.832 W 081° 52.606
17S E 417831 N 3619906
At Scarboro on Ga 17
Waymark Code: WM80AE
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2010
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This is one of the older settlements in this part of Georgia having been established sometime prior to 1840 and receiving its name from Enoch or Hardy Scarborouogh of Screven County. In 1839 it became Station No. 7 on the Central Rail Road and seerved this one of the very oldest rail roads in the United States as a refueling station for over 30 years.
During the War Between the States, Gen. Sherman´s army [US] campled alongside the railroad here on the night of Dec. 3, 1864. The Scarboro Baptist Church was organized in 1854.
About 1/2 mile east of here stands the old Woods´ house constructed in part about ten years before the War Between the States.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 082-5
Date: 1953
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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