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Lannahassee, named for a nearby Creek village on Lannahassee Creek, was the area's first white settlement around 1836, after the Creeks were forced west. The town later moved and became McIntosh, then Preston, when it became the county seat.
Lannahassee is a historical marker in Preston, Webster County, erected in 1955. It is one of 4 historical markers documented in Webster County, among 18 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0661, -84.5375 near Preston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Webster County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Webster County Courthouse, Walter F. George, and First Confederate Flag Raising in Georgia.
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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