Historical Marker

The Chattahoochee River

Columbus · Muscogee County · Erected 1983

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The Story

Columbus rose where the Chattahoochee tumbles over the Fall Line, the upstream limit of navigation. Those falls powered the textile and iron mills that made the city a Southern manufacturing center after its 1828 founding.

About this site

The Chattahoochee River is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1983. 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 32.4621, -84.9967 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is River Commerce (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Columbus Iron Works, Horace King, and Columbus Steamboat Wharf.

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

📍 32.4621, -84.9967 · Columbus, Muscogee County

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