Historical Marker

Birth/Early Life

Valdosta · Lowndes County · Erected 2010

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This marker recalls the Atlanta boyhood of Martin Luther King Jr., born in 1929 on Sweet Auburn Avenue, the thriving heart of Black Atlanta, where his father pastored Ebenezer Baptist Church.

About this site

Birth/Early Life is a historical marker in Valdosta, Lowndes County, erected in 2010. It is one of 11 historical markers documented in Lowndes County, among 53 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 30.8268, -83.2751 near Valdosta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Martin Luther King, Jr. Monument (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Troop Encampment Site, Site of Cotton Exchange, and Lowndes County.

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

📍 30.8268, -83.2751 · Valdosta, Lowndes County

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