First Post Office Site-GHM 128-11-Stewart Co
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Sprinterman
N 32° 05.391 W 084° 40.055
16S E 720120 N 3552775
Just west of US 280 in Richland
Waymark Code: WMA73B
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2010
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On this corner, in a long building, was Richland`s first post office and a shoe shop. John Audulph, son of Henry Audulph, first settler, was appointed postmaster of Chisholm, Apr. 16, 1839. Six months later, Nov. 26, 1839, Chisholm became Richland, named for the nearby Baptist Church, and John Audulph continued as postmaster. Across the street, Henry Audulph had built a two-story log house. Later owned by the Richard J. Snelling family, it was used as an inn at this stagecoach crossroads. The present city park was enclosed by a high fence and used by the Audulphs as a corral for oxen, cattle and deer. A general store was on the NE corner from 1830 to 1956.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 128-11
Date: 1956
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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