Fort Washington Park

Fort Washington Park (HMLZR)

Location: Washington, GA 30673 Wilkes County
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Country: United States of America
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N 33° 44.344', W 82° 44.303'

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Fort Washington Park is the site of a stockade built by the family of Stephen Heard, governor of Georgia - 1781. Cherokee and Creek Indians had ceded their land on June 1, 1773, and the settlers from Virginia arrived in December 1773.

During the Revolutionary period, this stockade was named Fort Washington in honor of General George Washington. In 1780, the revolutionary government of Georgia granted a charter to lay out a city to be named Washington, the first incorporated city in the country to be named for George Washington, nine years before he became our first president.

The John Nelson Stone is located here, six miles north of the Fortson Place where the granite marker originally was located. Inscribed on the marker are: the year 1775, when John Nelson received a land grant from King George III of England; the year 1792, andthe land grant survey.
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Year Placed1994
Placed ByCity of Washington, Georgia
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Date Added Friday, September 26th, 2014 at 3:28am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 338965 N 3734581
Decimal Degrees33.73906667, -82.73838333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 44.344', W 82° 44.303'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 44' 20.64" N, 82° 44' 18.18" W
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Area Code(s)706
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 172-246 N Jefferson St, Washington GA 30673, US
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