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On U.S. 278 at Old Social Circle Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 278.
The General Store and residence of Martin Kolb was named by the Georgia General Assembly as the temporary meeting place for elections and courts of the newly formed Newton County.
The first justices of the inferior court were George . . . — — Map (db m34543) HM
On South Cherokee Road just south of Memorial Street Southwest, on the left when traveling south.
[top marker]This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior[bottom marker]40 Walton Landmark HSWC . . . — — Map (db m227498) HM
On South Cherokee Road (Georgia Route 11) at Hightower Trail, on the right when traveling south on South Cherokee Road.
This road is a portion of Hightower Trail, old Indian path to Etowah River, which ran from High Shoals of the Appalachee westward to Shallow Ford on the Chattahoochee. It formed a boundary between Cherokee lands to the north and Creek lands to the . . . — — Map (db m33434) HM
Near West Hightower Trail west of North Cherokee Road (Georgia Route 11).
Originating in the 1820s, Social Circle became Walton County's rail center in 1845 as the Georgia Railroad advanced westward. Legend says the settlement received its name when a traveler, impressed by the hospitality of the little group of congenial . . . — — Map (db m103342) HM
On South Cherokee Road just south of Memorial Street Southwest, on the right when traveling south.
First erected prior to 1900 Fell when fire destroyed church and tower on June 21, 1969 Mounted and rung on the Nation’s Bicentennial on July 4, 1976 Erected on present site July 1980 — — Map (db m190997) HM
On South Cherokee Road (Georgia Route 11) 0 miles south of Memorial Street, on the right when traveling south.
On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah -- the March to the Sea. He divided his army [US] into two wings. The Right Wing . . . — — Map (db m20193) HM