Historical Marker

Spier's Turnout

Bartow · Jefferson County · Erected 1958

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The Story

This railroad siding took its name from landowner James Speir; in 1861 the town was rechristened Bartow to honor a Georgia colonel killed at Bull Run, though wartime army maps long kept calling it 'Spiers.'

About this site

Spier's Turnout is a historical marker in Bartow, Jefferson County, erected in 1958. It is one of 23 historical markers documented in Jefferson County, among 122 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.8792, -82.4740 near Bartow. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bartow (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bartow Town Cemetery, Old Bethel Cemetery, and Old Savannah Road.

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

📍 32.8792, -82.4740 · Bartow, Jefferson County

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