Fort Yargo's Frontier Fences

Settlers fenced new ground to pen livestock, mark boundaries, and bar predators, choosing whatever the land offered: stacked field stones, woven-twig wattle, or the zigzag split-rail 'worm' fence assembled without a single nail.

Fort Yargo's Frontier Fences is a historical marker in Winder, Barrow County. It is one of 24 historical markers documented in Barrow County, among 57 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9765, -83.7352 near Winder. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Yargo's Living History Society (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fort Yargo's Early History, Fort Yargo, and Fort Yargo's Cabin.

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