Historical Marker

Petersburg Road

Lincolnton · Lincoln County · Erected 1957

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The Story

Following an old Indian trail to Augusta, this road carried tobacco and cotton from Petersburg, once Georgia's third-largest town at the forks of the Broad and Savannah rivers, until Clarks Hill Lake drowned the town in the 1950s.

About this site

Petersburg Road is a historical marker in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, erected in 1957. It is one of 10 historical markers documented in Lincoln County, among 29 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.8074, -82.4602 near Lincolnton. The nearest cataloged historic site is William Bartram Trail (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lincoln County, Lincoln County Courthouse, and Lamar-Blanchard House.

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

📍 33.8074, -82.4602 · Lincolnton, Lincoln County

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