This route follows the Old Quaker Road, opened around 1769 to link colonial Savannah with the Quaker settlement at Wrightsborough — one of the longest and most important thoroughfares of colonial Georgia.
Old Quaker Road (Waynesboro)
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Old Quaker Road is a historical marker in Waynesboro, Burke County, erected in 1954. It is one of 29 historical markers documented in Burke County, among 109 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.0788, -82.0077 near Waynesboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Colonels Twiggs and Few (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Cavalry Actions at Waynesboro, Burke Memorial Gardens, and The Shadows.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Old Quaker Road” names 2 distinct records in Burke County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1954 in Waynesboro. The others:
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