Historical Marker

Flowers Baking Company

Thomasville · Thomas County · Erected 1994

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The Story

Brothers William Howard and Joseph Hampton Flowers opened Southwest Georgia's first commercial bakery on this site in 1919. The enterprise grew into Flowers Industries, today one of the nation's largest baking companies.

About this site

Flowers Baking Company is a historical marker in Thomasville, Thomas County, erected in 1994. It is one of 11 historical markers documented in Thomas County, among 113 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 30.8347, -83.9790 near Thomasville. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Plaza Restaurant (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include B'nai Israel Synagogue and Cemetery, Thomas Drug Store, and Wright House.

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

📍 30.8347, -83.9790 · Thomasville, Thomas County

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