The City of Griffin

Griffin's first town government, founded in 1840 by Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin, was chartered by the legislature in 1843; the railroad town grew into a manufacturing hub and, during the Civil War, a fortified Confederate hospital center.

The City of Griffin is a historical marker in Griffin, Spalding County, erected in 1959. 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 33.2488, -84.2620 near Griffin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lewis Lawrence Griffin (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Spalding County Courthouse, Spalding County, and History of Griffin, Georgia.

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