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Burroughs is a populated place established as a town in
Burroughs is a populated place established as a town in Chatham County, Georgia
Chatham County ( ) is located in the U.S. state of Georgia, on the state's Atlantic coast. The county seat and largest city is Savannah. One of the original counties of Georgia, Chatham County was created February 5, 1777, and is named after Will ...
by former slaves. In 1906, it was described as a post-village near the Ogeechee River
The Ogeechee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 26, 2011 blackwater river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It heads at the confluence of its North and South ...
about 12 miles southwest of Savannah. It had a population of 118 in 1900. The town was chartered in 1898 and had its charter revoked in 1921. It is now a neighborhood of Savannah
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the Canopy (forest), canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to rea ...
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Burroughs is home to the historic St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church and New Ogeechee Missionary Baptist Church. J. C. Legree was its first mayor. Henry Alexander Saturnin Hartley was a missionary to the area.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967 it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast L ...
passed through Burroughs. There was a Burroughs Station. In 1993 a filing was made to remove a train station stop in Burroughs. The area has artesian wells. There is a Burroughs Neighborhood Park.
See also
*National Register of Historic Places listings in Chatham County, Georgia
This is a list of properties and districts in Chatham County, Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of ...
References
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