Historical Marker

Standing Peach Tree

Atlanta · Fulton County · Erected 1955

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The Story

A Creek (Muscogee) trading town once stood at this bend where Peachtree Creek meets the Chattahoochee, lending its name to the countless Peachtree streets of modern Atlanta decades before the city existed.

About this site

Standing Peach Tree is a historical marker in Atlanta, 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 33.8280, -84.4539 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Peach Tree (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Montgomery's Ferry, Fort Peachtree, War of 1812, and Montgomery-DeFoor House Site.

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

📍 33.8280, -84.4539 · Atlanta, Fulton County

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