Laid out in the 1790s, the Sunbury Road ran from Greensboro to the once-thriving port of Sunbury on the coast; it became one of post-Revolutionary Georgia's longest highways before the port's decline left it largely forgotten.
Old Sunbury Road (marker-21226)
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Old Sunbury Road is a historical marker in Wrightsville, Johnson County, erected in 1956. It is one of 8 historical markers documented in Johnson County, among 40 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.8209, -82.5096 near Wrightsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old Sunbury Road (historical marker), about 0.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Claxton Historic Burial Site, Price Cemetery, and Gum Log Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Old Sunbury Road” names 2 distinct records in Johnson County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1956 in Wrightsville. The others:
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