Fort Mudge is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Brantley County in the

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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

History

Fort Mudge (the fort after which the community is named) is described as "a temporary fortification during the Florida war", established in 1813. It was abandoned at the end of the war, although it may have been briefly reoccupied in 1838 during the Second Seminole War.

In popular culture

It is occasionally mentioned in the comic strip '' Pogo'', being quite near the edge of the

Okefenokee Swamp The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida line in the United States. A majority of the swamp is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee ...

that is the strip's setting.

Species of special concern

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources lists several species of special concern in or near Fort Mudge. * '' Ctenium floridanum'' Florida Orange-grass * ''

Gopherus polyphemus The gopher tortoise (''Gopherus polyphemus'') is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the southeastern United States. The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs burrows that provide s ...

'' Gopher Tortoise * '' Hartwrightia floridana'' Hartwrightia * '' Neofiber alleni'' Round-tailed Muskrat * '' Ophisaurus compressus'' Island Glass Lizard * '' Picoides borealis'' Red-cockaded Woodpecker * '' Pteroglossaspis ecristata'' Crestless Plume Orchid * '' Scirpus etuberculatus'' Canby's Club-rush

Roads

U.S. Route 1 U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making ...

(concurrent with

U.S. Route 23 } U.S. Route 23 or U.S. Highway 23 (US 23) is a major north–south U.S. Highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has sinc ...

and

Georgia State Route 4 State Route 4 (SR 4) is a state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. Except for its northernmost portion, it is completely concurrent for its entire length with U.S. Route 1 (US 1). It traverses south-t ...

here, and also identified as Jacksonville Highway) runs through Fort Mudge.

References

* Unincorporated communities in Brantley County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) {{BrantleyCountyGA-geo-stub