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Fort King George State Historical Marker
- Fort King George State Historical
Marker
- Located on U.S. 17 on the northeastern end of the
Darien River bridge, Darien, Ga.
(Text)
- FORT KING GEORGE
- 1 mi.
The site of fort King George, the
first fort on Georgia soil built by the English. Erected by the
Colony of south Carolina in 1721, 12 years before the Georgia
Colony was founded.
This fort served as a barrier against
the Spanish in Florida, French in the interior, and their Indian
allies for about a decade.
Soldiers who died in service are
buried nearby in a graveyard lost for 200 years. Some of the
graves are marked now. Others are on the site of a 16th century
Spanish Mission
- 095-6A GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1952
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