Historical Marker

A Slice of History for Clarkesville, Georgia

Clarkesville · Habersham County

The roadside stories worth pulling over for.

The Story

This sculpted slice of a felled hemlock marks Clarkesville's milestones across its rings, from the Civil War through the 2014 square fire, a poetic way to read a small mountain town's history in the lifespan of a single tree.

About this site

A Slice of History for Clarkesville, Georgia is a historical marker in Clarkesville, Habersham County. It is one of 18 historical markers documented in Habersham County, among 94 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.6149, -83.5237 near Clarkesville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old Clarkesville Cemetery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Clarkesville Cemetery, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, and Haywood English Home.

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

📍 34.6149, -83.5237 · Clarkesville, Habersham County

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