Historical Marker

Byrd Cookie Company

Savannah · Chatham County · Erected 2025

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The Story

B.T. 'Pop' Byrd began selling cookies from a Model T in 1924; the family firm later popularized the Savannah benne wafer and grew into a company baking enormous quantities of cookies a year.

About this site

Byrd Cookie Company is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2025. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0094, -81.0997 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Haven Home Industrial Training School (historical marker), about 1.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Candler Hospital, Telfair Hospital for Females, and Eugenia Cemetery.

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

📍 32.0094, -81.0997 · Savannah, Chatham County

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