Old Coffee Road-GHM 014-6-Brooks Co
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Sprinterman
N 30° 57.846 W 083° 30.042
17R E 261142 N 3428306
1 mile north of Morven on Ga 76
Waymark Code: WMBWAW
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2011
Views: 5
The Old Coffee Road, first vehicular and postal route of this area, passed here running southwestward from the Ocmulgee River via today´s Lax, Nashville, Cecil, Barwick, and Thomasville to the Florida line above Tallahassee. The thoroughfare was opened by direction of the State in 1823 under the superintendence of General John Coffee and Thomas Swain. The Old Coffee Road, first vehicular and postal route of this area, passed here running southwestward from the Ocmulgee River via today´s Lax, Nashville, Cecil, Barwick, and Thomasville to the Florida line above Tallahassee. The thoroughfare was opened by direction of the State in 1823 under the superintendence of General John Coffee and Thomas Swain. This early way provided a short route from the older middle and eastern sections of the State into Southwest Georgia. Much of the former course remains in daily use.
GHM 014-6 Georgia Historical Commission 1956
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 014-6
Date: 1956
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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