Historical Marker

Printing Office of James Johnston

Savannah · Chatham County · Erected 1931

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Honors James Johnston, a Scottish printer who became Georgia's first public printer, launching the colony's first newspaper, the Georgia Gazette, in 1763.

About this site

Printing Office of James Johnston is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 1931. 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 32.0785, -81.0906 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gen. James Jackson Home Site (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Georgia Civil Rights Trail: The Savannah Protest Movement, Sturges, Oliver, House, and John Wesley.

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

📍 32.0785, -81.0906 · Savannah, Chatham County

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