Sunbury

Founded in 1758 by Mark Carr, Sunbury swelled into colonial Georgia's second-busiest port, rivaling Savannah, before British occupation and later hurricanes emptied it into one of the South's most complete 'dead towns.'

Sunbury is a historical marker in Sunbury, Liberty County, erected in 1957. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Liberty County, among 81 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.7701, -81.2805 near Sunbury. The nearest cataloged historic site is Saint John's Lodge Number Six (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Dead Town Of Sunbury, The Old Sunbury Road, and Sunbury Cemetery.

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