Historical Marker

"Kinfolks' Corner"

Columbus · Muscogee County

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The Story

Generations of Black farmers and laborers from Georgia and Alabama gathered at this downtown corner on Saturdays to trade, catch rides, and reunite. Columbus-born novelist Carson McCullers evoked its crowds in 'The Member of the Wedding.'

About this site

"Kinfolks' Corner" 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 32.4647, -84.9945 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wolfson Printing and Paper Co. (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cole-Hatcher-Hampton Wholesale Grocers, W. C. Bradley and Coca-Cola, and Frank Brothers.

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

📍 32.4647, -84.9945 · Columbus, Muscogee County

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