Old Coffee Road - GHM 010-2 - Berrien Co., GA
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N 31° 12.418 W 083° 14.997
17R E 285645 N 3454720
The Old Coffee Road state historic marker is located on Davis St (US 29) at the Courthouse in Nashville, GA.
Waymark Code: WM9WX0
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2010
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Old Coffee Road
The Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this ection, running southwestward from the Ocmulgee River to the Florida Line, passed through today´s Lax, Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville. The thoroughfare was opened by diection of the State in 1823 under supervision of Gen. John Coffee and Thomas Swain. Over this pioneer route the products of the region were carried to the coast to be sold and imported goods brought back. Sections of the original route are in use today.
GHM 010-2 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1960