Image Credit: David Seibert
Year Erected: 2000
Marker Text: The Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this area, passed here, running some 120 miles from the Ocmulgee River via today's Lax, Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville to the Florida Line above Tallahassee. The thoroughfare was opened by direction of the State in 1823 under the superintendence of General John Coffee and Thomas Swain. This pioneer route played a leading part in the settlement and development of Southwest Georgia. Much of the former course continues in daily use.
Tips for Finding This Marker: At the intersection of Cedar Street (Georgia Route 33) and Coffee Road, on the right when traveling north on Cedar Street in Barwick.