Folkston in Charlton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Central Dixie Highway

Pioneer Road Builders

— 1915-1922 —

Central Dixie Highway Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, March 11, 2016

1. Central Dixie Highway Marker

Inscription. H. J. Davis • L.E. Mallard • W.M. Oliff • B.F. Scott • B.G. McDonald • J.W. Vickery • J.D. Mitchell • Dr. A. Fleming • H.D. Reed • D.A. Woodard • C.L. Mattox • Mrs. J.L. Walker • V.L. Stanton • W.T. Anderson • J.N. McDonald • O.F. Beckham • W.R. Bowen • Isadore Gelders
T.E. Patterson
W.R. Neel, State Highway Engineer
C.L. Rhodes, Division Engineer

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1915.

Location. 30° 49.916′ N, 82° 0.313′ W. Marker is in Folkston, Georgia, in Charlton County. It is on 3rd Street just north of Main Street (Georgia Route 40), on the right when traveling north. Marker is located directly in front of the Charlton County Courthouse. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1520 3rd Street, Folkston GA 31537, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Charlton County (a few steps from this marker); Henry Roddenberry (within shouting distance of this marker); Center Village or Centerville (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Okefenokee Swamp (approx. 0.3 miles away); Sardis Church (approx. 2.6 miles away); Trader's Hill (Fort Alert) (approx. 3 miles away); Oldest Industry in Charlton (approx. 3 miles away); First Masonic Lodge in Charlton County (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Folkston.

Also see . . . Dixie Highway. The Dixie Highway, a network of roads connecting Canada to Florida in the early decades of the twentieth century, was an ambitious undertaking to build the nation's first north–south paved interstate highway. As late as 1915 Georgia boasted very few paved streets and no paved highways.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, March 11, 2016

2. Central Dixie Highway Marker

(Charlton County Courthouse in background)

Beginning in 1916 a new Central Dixie Highway was added, linking the Georgia towns Perry, Waycross, and Folkston, and then heading southward to Jacksonville. (Submitted on March 31, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 31, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 31, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 475 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 31, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.