Old Coffee Road

Old Coffee Road is a Georgia historical marker in Berrien County.

On US 82 west of Glory.

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The Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this section passed here, running southwestward from the Ocmulgee River to the Florida Line via today's Lax, Nashville, Cecil, Barwkick and Thomasville. The thoroughfare was opened by direction of the State in 1823 under the superintendence of General John Coffee and Thomas Swain. It played a significant part in the settlement and development of Southwest Georgia. In the area between Willacoochee Creek and Alapaha River most of the old way has long been abandoned, but elsewhere much of the original route remains in daily use.

Marker not in place due to damage or maintenance. Note from the marker program.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Unknown (Maps Collection)
1824 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1824, covering the location of Old Coffee Road, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1824, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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This historical marker is part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program and was erected by the Georgia Historical Commission or the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's own marker database.

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