Historical Marker

Crawfordville Academy

Crawfordville · Taliaferro County · Erected 1956

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Chartered in 1826, this was among Georgia's finest early academies. Renamed for Alexander Stephens in 1886, it evolved through fires and rebuildings into the Alexander Stephens Institute before the county school relocated in 1955.

About this site

Crawfordville Academy is a historical marker in Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, erected in 1956. It is one of 17 historical markers documented in Taliaferro County, among 64 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.5574, -82.8952 near Crawfordville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Liberty Hall (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Crawfordville Baptist Church, Site of Childhood Home of Richard Malcolm Johnston, and Liberty Hall.

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

📍 33.5574, -82.8952 · Crawfordville, Taliaferro County

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