Birthplace of the Augusta Chronicle

Augusta's newspaper tradition began in 1785, when Greenburg Hughes printed the Augusta Gazette, ancestor of the Augusta Chronicle, often called among the South's oldest newspapers.

Birthplace of the Augusta Chronicle is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County, erected in 1957. 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 33.4723, -81.9592 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Engine Company Number One (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Signers' Monument, Richmond County, and Army National Guard.

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