Historical Marker

Rutledge

Rutledge · Morgan County · Erected 2007

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The Story

The town grew in the 1840s after the Rutledge heirs deeded right-of-way to the Georgia Railroad across their farm. For a time the line's terminus, it had a turntable to send engines back toward Augusta. Incorporated 1871.

About this site

Rutledge is a historical marker in Rutledge, Morgan County, erected in 2007. 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 33.6264, -83.6125 near Rutledge. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rutledge Station (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The March to the Sea, Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, and Hard Labor Creek Observatory.

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

📍 33.6264, -83.6125 · Rutledge, Morgan County

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