Old Sunbury Road

Old Sunbury Road is a Georgia historical marker in Liberty County.

On GA 38 at the southeast edge of Flemington.

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This route is the Old Sunbury Road, one of the longest vehicular thoroughfares of post-Revolutionary Georgia. It was laid out in the early 1790's from Greensboro via Sparta and Swainsboro to the port of Sunbury on the Midway River. The long route was noted for its elevated course and small number of stream crossings. When Sunbury, which was once Georgia's second port, declined in commercial importance the road lost arterial significance. Many stretches of the old route, however, continue in daily use.

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

Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1764 · Carte de la Nouvelle Georgie (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1776 · A General Map of the Southern British Colonies, in America. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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)

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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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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