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From the mid-1500s into the 1680s, Spain's missions and soldiers held this coast, evangelizing the Guale and Timucua, before English pressure from Carolina forced them to withdraw south of the St. Marys River, leaving Georgia's frontier contested.
Spanish Occupation of Georgia is a historical marker in St. Marys, Camden County, erected in 1938. It is one of 32 historical markers documented in Camden County, among 70 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 30.7261, -81.5473 near St. Marys. The nearest cataloged historic site is City of St. Marys (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First Presbyterian Church, St. Marys Methodist Church Established 1799-1800, and Washington Pump & Oak.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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