Folkston in Charlton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Center Village or Centerville
--- 2 mi. --->
Photographed By Mike Stroud, October 22, 2008
1. Center Village or Centerville Marker
Inscription.
Center Village or Centerville. --- 2 mi. --->. Two miles Northeast of here is the site of old Center Village, or Centerville, settled about 1800 and for many years an important trading center. To this village came the inhabitants of Ware, Pierce, Clinch, Coffee and Appling Counties, bringing staple cotton, beeswax, honey, jerked venison, hides, furs, etc., to exchange for flour, sugar, coffee, shot, powder and other commodities they did not produce. Here, too, disputes were settled and sports enjoyed. A regular stop for stage coaches traveling the King's Road, old Center Village went out of existence after the coming of the railroad.
Two miles Northeast of here is the site of old Center Village, or Centerville, settled about 1800 and for many years an important trading center. To this village came the inhabitants of Ware, Pierce, Clinch, Coffee and Appling Counties, bringing staple cotton, beeswax, honey, jerked venison, hides, furs, etc., to exchange for flour, sugar, coffee, shot, powder and other commodities they did not produce. Here, too, disputes were settled and sports enjoyed.
A regular stop for stage coaches traveling the King's Road, old Center Village went out of existence after the coming of the railroad.
Erected 1958 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 024-8.)
Location. 30° 49.966′ N, 82° 0.375′ W. Marker is in Folkston, Georgia, in Charlton County. Marker is at the intersection of E. Love St. and US1/ US301 ( N. 2nd St ), on the left when traveling east on E. Love St.. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Folkston GA 31537, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Central Dixie Highway (about 400 feet away,
2. Center Village or Centerville Marker, US 1/ US 301 at left
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2008
3. Center Village or Centerville Marker along E. Love Street
Credits. This page was last revised on November 24, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,518 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on October 26, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
