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When the Georgia Railroad reached Madison in 1841, the depot end of Railroad Street boomed into a commercial corridor of storefronts, saloons, and warehouses riding the cotton economy. The original brick depot burned in 1864 and was rebuilt.
Railroad Street Commerce is a historical marker in Madison, Morgan County, erected in 2011. It is one of 42 historical markers documented in Morgan County, among 112 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.5969, -83.4683 near Madison. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Town Square (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Reconstruction Property Rights, William Tappan Thompson, and Madison Train Station.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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