Historical Marker

Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site (Brunswick)

Brunswick · Glynn County

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For two centuries rice ruled this stretch of the Altamaha; Hofwyl-Broadfield endured from 1807 into the 20th century and survives today as Georgia's last intact coastal rice plantation.

About this site

Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site is a historical marker in Brunswick, Glynn County. 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 31.3076, -81.4579 near Brunswick. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation Historic Site (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include If Trees Could Speak…, Hopeton-on-the-Altamaha, and Boys Estate.

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

Also at or near Brunswick, Glynn County

“Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site” names 2 distinct records in Glynn County. This page is the historical marker in Brunswick. The others:

📍 31.3076, -81.4579 · Brunswick, Glynn County
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