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Florence Historical Marker
- Florence HCC Historical Marker
- Located at the Florence Marina on Ga. 39
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- FLORENCE
Located on this site was the frontier
town of Florence, which was incorporated on December 14, 1837
after the Creek Indians burned the nearby town of Roanoke in
1836. Florence was originally named Liverpool after the English
port city. For many years the town flourished and could boast
of a covered bridge linking it to Alabama, a newspaper, bank
and hotel. Florence began to decline after the flood of 1846
washed away the bridge and the town was later bypassed by the
railroad. The town site is now occupied by a few scattered homes,
farmland and Florence Marina State Park which takes its name
from the former community.
- ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC
CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION
- GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
- AND STEWART COUNTY 1992?
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- © Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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