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Jefferson Davis Highway Marker - Norwood, Georgia - U.S. Historic Survey Stones and Monuments on Waymarking.com
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Jefferson Davis Highway Marker - Norwood, Georgia
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U.S. Historic Survey Stones and Monuments
Posted by:
Sprinterman
N 33° 27.727 W 082° 42.416
17S E 341372 N 3703822
Located in the small town of Norwood, Ga. along US 278/Ga 12.
Waymark Code:
WM6HQG
Location:
Georgia, United States
Date Posted:
06/07/2009
Published By:
GEO*Trailblazer 1
Views:
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This monument is located near an intersection in the center of this small town. It is located near a Ga Historic Marker describing the story of the birth of the R.F.D. system of mail delivery.
These highway markers are located along specific highways across areas of the Southern United States and stretch as far as San Francisco and up the the Canadian border via US 99. They were part of a program of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to mark a road stretching from coast to coast honoring the first and only President of the Confederacy and former United States Secretary of War before the Civil War. All this was before the highway numbering system was put in place in the 1920's. In those days many organizations set out to name certain routes to aid travelers in getting from place to place by following the marked roads. Examples of this type of road are the Lincoln Highway and the Dixie Highway. All of them lost significance over the years as the federal highway numbering system took over.
These stone makers can been found today in many places from Virginia to Texas to California to Washington State most of which are sponsored by not only the UDC but by local governments along the way.
There does not appear to be any one centralized database of these markers available today. A confusing set of circumstances about it's
implementation make this highway marking system interesting and frustrating at the same time.
The Wiki article on this confusing subject is located at (visit link)
Monumentation Type:
Dressed stone
Monument Category:
other (not included below)
Monument Category (if other):
Old Highway Marking System
Accessible to general public:
yes
County:
Norwood in Warren County
USGS Quad:
Norwood USGS Warrenton Quad, Georgia
Monumentation Type (if other):
Not listed
Explain Non-Public access:
Not listed
Historical significance:
Not listed
Monument Website:
Not listed
NGS PID:
Not listed
Other Coordinates:
Not Listed
Other Coordinates details:
Not listed
Approximate date of monument:
Not listed
Visit Instructions:
1. A closeup photo of the monument is required.
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2. A 'distant' photo including the monument in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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