Tybee Island

Named from a Native word for salt, Tybee long guarded the mouth of the Savannah River — site of a colonial lighthouse, the slave-quarantine Lazaretto, Fort Screven's coastal defenses, and a beloved seaside resort.

Tybee Island is a historical marker in Tybee Island, Chatham County, erected in 1958. 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 32.0218, -80.8444 near Tybee Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Middle Passage and Tybee Island, Georgia (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Tybee Island’s Lazaretto or Quarantine Station, The Middle Passage UNESCO Site of Memory Tybee Island, Georgia, and H.M.S. Otranto and Fort Screven.

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