Historical Marker

Old Campbell County

Fairburn · Fulton County · Erected 1955

The roadside stories worth pulling over for.

The Story

Campbell County was formed in 1828 and named for Duncan G. Campbell, a signer of the 1825 Indian Springs treaty. Its seat shifted to Fairburn in 1870, and the county vanished into Fulton in 1932 amid Depression-era hard times.

About this site

Old Campbell County is a historical marker in Fairburn, Fulton County, erected in 1955. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.5671, -84.5798 near Fairburn. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old Campbell County Courthouse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Campbell County Courthouse, Here the First Confedereate Flag Was Unfurled in Georgia, and Celebrating Fairburn's History.

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

📍 33.5671, -84.5798 · Fairburn, Fulton County

Directions (Apple)Google Maps View map

Get Georgia Roam — 12,000+ historic sites in your pocket

See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum, battlefield and landmark across Georgia on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and collect sites as you roam.

or open the live map in your browser →

Free · ad-free · the iOS app and the web map share one account, so your visits sync across both

Nearby in Fulton County

Historical Marker

Old Campbell County Courthouse

Fairburn · 1976

Historic Place

Campbell County Courthouse

Fairburn

Historical Marker

Here the First Confedereate Flag Was Unfurled in Georgia

Fairburn · 1994

Historical Marker

Celebrating Fairburn's History

Fairburn

Cemetery

Holly Hills Memorial Park

Fairburn

Historical Marker

Shadnor Baptist Church

Harmony Grove Cemetery

Union City