The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
This modest, weatherboard farmhouse near Archery was Jimmy Carter's boyhood home, a place he called hot in summer and cold in winter. The sand-swept yard and chinaberry treehouse framed the rural Depression-era childhood of a future president.
Jimmy Carter Slept Here is a historical marker in Plains, Sumter County. It is one of 37 historical markers documented in Sumter County, among 91 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0267, -84.4335 near Plains. The nearest cataloged historic site is Tennis Court (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Legacy of an Outdoor Childhood, Never Far from Home, and Cash Crops.
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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