Old Van Wert - Polk County

Old Van Wert - Polk County is a Georgia historical marker in Polk County, dedicated 1978.

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County seat of Paulding when that county was created in 1832; inc. 1838. Named for Isaac Van Wert & John Paulding, two of the captors of Major Andre. Polk County was organized in 1851 from parts of Floyd and Paulding; this placed Van Wert in Polk Co.; Dallas became the county seat of Paulding -- Cedartown, that of Polk. May 25, 1864. Davis, (2d) div., 14th A.C. [US], having camped the night before at Peek's Spring, 4.5 mi. N., turned E. here and marched to Dallas in Paulding County.

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1824 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1837 · Southern States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1831, covering the location of Old Van Wert - Polk County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1831, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Old Van Wert - Polk County

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