Home of the Vidalia Sweet Onion

Near this site in 1931, farmer Moses Coleman raised one of the first crops of the unusually mild onion that became the Vidalia. Thriving in the region's low-sulfur soil, it became Georgia's official state vegetable in 1990.

Home of the Vidalia Sweet Onion is a historical marker in Vidalia, Toombs County, erected in 1999. It is one of 6 historical markers documented in Toombs County, among 79 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.2049, -82.3627 near Vidalia. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wilks Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Pea Ridge Cemetery, Garbutt, Robert and Missouri, House, and Toombs County Courthouse.

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