Lanier County Marker

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Lakeland in Lanier County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Lanier County

By David Seibert, January 19, 2010

1. Lanier County Marker

Inscription. This County created by Acts of the Legislature of Aug. 11, 1919 & Aug. 7, 1920 is named for Sidney Lanier, poet of Georgia. Lanier was born in Macon Feb. 3, 1842 and practiced law there with his father after graduating from Oglethorpe Univ. then at Milledgeville. He married Mary Day of Macon in ‘67 after serving in the Confederate Army and being captured while commanding a blockade runner. In ‘73 he moved to Baltimore and lectured at Johns Hopkins. He died at Lynn, N.C. Sept. 7, 1881. Among his famous poems are “The Marshes of Glynn” & “Song of the Chattahoochee.”

Erected 1954 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 086-1.)

Location. 31° 2.472′ N, 83° 4.501′ W. Marker is in Lakeland, Georgia, in Lanier County. Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 129) and North Carter Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street. Click for map. The marker is at the corner of the parking lot in front of the Lanier County Courthouse. Marker is in this post office area: Lakeland GA 31635, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Home of Governor E. D. Rivers (approx. 1 miles away); Union Baptist Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); Burnt Church (approx. 1.9 miles away); Fender Cemetery (approx. 2.4 miles away); First Court in Clinch County (approx. 11.9 miles away); Bethany Baptist Church (approx. 12.2 miles away); Site: Franklinville (approx. 12.7 miles away); Skirmish at Cow Creek (approx. 13.5 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Lakeland.