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Spalding County built one of Georgia's first rural paved highways along the Dixie Highway route. A demonstration strip was finished in January 1919, and voters then funded paving to both county lines, dedicated in 1920.
Historical Marker
First Paving
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About this site
First Paving is a historical marker in Griffin, Spalding County, erected in 1956. It is one of 32 historical markers documented in Spalding County, among 75 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.1975, -84.2176 near Griffin. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Grain Elevator (historical marker), about 0.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Crawley Cemetery, Maddox Cemetery, and Union Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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