Historical Marker

Birthplace of Charles Holmes Herty

Milledgeville · Baldwin County · Erected 1993

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The Story

Chemist Charles Herty, born here in 1867, saved the turpentine industry with a tree-sparing resin collection cup and later pioneered making newsprint from Southern pine.

About this site

Birthplace of Charles Holmes Herty is a historical marker in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, erected in 1993. It is one of 49 historical markers documented in Baldwin County, among 113 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.0808, -83.2299 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dr. Charles Holmes Herty (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Georgia State Penitentiary, The Allen Strain, and De Soto in Georgia.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.0808, -83.2299 · Milledgeville, Baldwin County

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