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Billed as the 'Original Diversified Farming County of the Southeast,' Grady County was organized with its courthouse and jail built in 1908, reflecting an agricultural economy that resisted dependence on a single cash crop.
Historical Marker
Grady County (marker-27125)
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About this site
Grady County is a historical marker in Cairo, Grady County, erected in 1996. It is one of 4 historical markers documented in Grady County, among 73 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 30.8783, -84.2074 near Cairo. The nearest cataloged historic site is Grady County Courthouse (courthouse), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Grady County, Zebulon Theater, and Cairo Cemetery.
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 Cairo, Grady County
“Grady County” names 2 distinct records in Grady County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1996 in Cairo. The others:
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