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Founded as Liverpool and incorporated in 1837 after Creeks burned nearby Roanoke, this Chattahoochee River town once boasted a covered bridge to Alabama, a bank, and a newspaper. Floods and the bypassing railroad doomed it; only Florence Marina keeps the name.
Florence is a historical marker in Florence, Stewart County, erected in 1992. It is one of 15 historical markers documented in Stewart County, among 83 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0883, -85.0420 near Florence. The nearest cataloged historic site is Trinity Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Florence Cemetery, Fort Jones, and Roanoke.
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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