Historical Marker

Site of Cotton Exchange

Valdosta · Lowndes County · Erected 1993

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At this corner stood the world's largest inland Sea Island cotton market around 1910, a trade so lucrative it briefly made railroad-connected Valdosta among the wealthiest cities per capita in the nation.

About this site

Site of Cotton Exchange is a historical marker in Valdosta, Lowndes County, erected in 1993. 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 30.8305, -83.2792 near Valdosta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Troop Encampment Site (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lowndes County, Lowndes County Courthouse, and Converse-Dalton House.

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

📍 30.8305, -83.2792 · Valdosta, Lowndes County

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