Fortson General Store

Run by the Fortson family beside the railroad that gave the community its name, this store and post office operated from a 1904 brick building until it closed in 1963. Volunteers later stabilized its ruins as an interpretive site.

Fortson General Store is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County. It is one of 92 historical markers documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.6069, -84.9371 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fortson House / The Fortson Community (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mount Gilead Cemetery, Pierce Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, and Pierce Chapel Cemetery.

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