Colonial Group, Inc.

Raymond Demere founded Savannah's first independent wholesale petroleum company in 1921, renamed Colonial Oil in 1933; it grew into a major energy and port firm that helped expand the Port of Savannah.

Colonial Group, Inc. is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2021. 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 32.0729, -81.0928 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Andrew Low House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Colonial Dames House, First Girl Scout Headquarters in America, and Mary Musgrove.

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