Historical Marker

A Historical Timeline of Augusta

Augusta · Richmond County

The roadside stories worth pulling over for.

The Story

Etched along a wall near Springfield Baptist Church, this timeline traces Augusta's story, including Emily Tubman freeing and resettling her enslaved workers in Liberia and the city's pioneering Black Sunday schools.

About this site

A Historical Timeline of Augusta is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.4789, -81.9724 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is We've Come This Far by Faith: (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Education, The Oldest Black Church in America, and Civil War and Emancipation.

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

📍 33.4789, -81.9724 · Augusta, Richmond County

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