Old Sunbury Road

Old Sunbury Road is a Georgia historical marker in Emanuel County, dedicated 1956.

On US 1 south of Blundale.

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Marker Text: From here southward for the next 18 miles this highway follows closely the course of the Sunbury Road, one of the longest vehicular thoroughfares in post-Revolutionary Georgia. It was laid out in the early 1790's from Greensboro via today's Sparta and Swainsboro to Sunbury, an educational center and port on the Midway River in Liberty County. The route was noted for its elevated course and few stream crossings. The old way lost arterial significance when Sunbury declined in commercial importance. From this area southward much of the highway continues in daily use.

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

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Historical maps covering this location

1778 · Parte Orientale della Florida, della Giorgia, e Carolina Meridionale. Fogl. XI (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1794 · Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, 1794, covering the location of Old Sunbury Road, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, 1794, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Old Sunbury Road

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