On Main Street (Georgia Route 51) at Yonah Homer Road, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Banks County was created by Act of Dec. 11, 1858 from Franklin and Habersham Counties. It was named for Dr. Richard Banks (1784-1850), whose reputation as physician and surgeon extended over north Ga. and S.C. Especially noted for treating Indians . . . — — Map (db m40684) HM
On Yonah-Homer Road at Historic Homer Highway ( Route 51), on the left when traveling north on Yonah-Homer Road.
This eternal flame is a memorial to those American soldiers from Banks County, Georgia who gave their lives in heroic sacrifice for their country while serving on foreign soil in the wars of this century.
Henry T. Gillespie WWI •
James M. . . . — — Map (db m252494) WM
On U.S. 441 at Old U.S. 441, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 441.
The boundary between the State of Georgia and the Cherokee Nation established by the Treaty of Augusta, May 31, 1783, ran along here. The line ran “from the top of Currahee mountain to the head, or source, of the most southern branch of the Oconee . . . — — Map (db m40659) HM
On Georgia Route 51 0.1 miles west of Damascus Road (Old Route 184), on the right when traveling east.
In 1780 a group of people, Garrisons and Wilmonts, met on the top of the hill behind the church, built a platform between two trees, and held a religious meeting. This small gathering, and the statement that it was pleasant to worship on the . . . — — Map (db m16995) HM
On Georgia Route 51 0.1 miles west of Martin Bridge Road ( Route 63), on the right when traveling west.
Nails Creek Baptist Church, the first Baptist Church in Banks County, was established February 11, 1787. It was the Mother Church of Middle River, Grove Level and Indian Creek. Many descendants of its charter members are active in the work of the . . . — — Map (db m14473) HM
