Historical Marker

The Town of Lytle

Chickamauga · Walker County

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The Story

This small Walker County community took its name, tradition holds, from Union officer William Haines Lytle, killed at Chickamauga in 1863. A post office opened in 1890, and Lytle was chartered as a town in 1917.

About this site

The Town of Lytle is a historical marker in Chickamauga, Walker County. It is one of 72 historical markers documented in Walker County, among 163 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.8708, -85.2926 near Chickamauga. The nearest cataloged historic site is North and South Reunited (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Crawfish Spring, 3rd Confederate Georgia Cavalry, and Gordon-Lee House.

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

📍 34.8708, -85.2926 · Chickamauga, Walker County

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