Historical Marker

Cockspur Island Lighthouse (2011)

Tybee Island · Chatham County · Erected 2011

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Built in 1855 to mark the Savannah River's south channel, the small Cockspur Island Lighthouse stood in the line of fire during the 1862 Union bombardment of Fort Pulaski yet remarkably survived.

About this site

Cockspur Island Lighthouse is a historical marker in Tybee Island, Chatham County, erected in 2011. 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 32.0276, -80.8926 near Tybee Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is History of Emancipation: (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Waving Girl, John Wesley, and Freedom Ahead!.

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

Also at or near Tybee Island, Chatham County

“Cockspur Island Lighthouse” names 2 distinct records in Chatham County. This page is the historical marker erected in 2011 in Tybee Island. The others:

Cockspur Island Lighthouse — Historical Marker in Tybee Island (2009)

📍 32.0276, -80.8926 · Tybee Island, Chatham County

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