Historical Marker

Boys Estate

Broadfield · Glynn County · Erected 1957

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The Story

Once the Grant family's antebellum Elizafield rice plantation, this Altamaha-side land became a state park, then in 1946 a self-governing 'town for boys' where orphaned youths elected their own officials and ran their own community.

About this site

Boys Estate is a historical marker in Broadfield, Glynn County, erected in 1957. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.3084, -81.4606 near Broadfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hopeton-on-the-Altamaha (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Petersville Cemetery, Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation Historic Site, and Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site.

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

📍 31.3084, -81.4606 · Broadfield, Glynn County

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