Keller is a small

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located in southern Bryan County,

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, United States, east of Richmond Hill. Its boundaries are ill-defined, but the community could be said to be centered on the intersection of S.R. 144 and Belfast-Keller Road. Currently the area, like most of South Bryan, is an

of extensive residential development with a number of planned neighborhoods. However, Keller also has a significant historical aspect. It is near

Fort McAllister Historic Park Fort McAllister State Park is a Georgia state park located near Keller and Richmond Hill in south Bryan County, Georgia and on the south bank of the Ogeechee River (some parts of the park border the Atlantic Ocean). It is roughly ten miles so ...

, an earthen Civil War installation captured by General

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on his March to the Sea. Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church, established in 1839 and rebuilt in 1885, is listed on the

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, and is located on Belfast-Keller Road about a mile from the S.R. 144 intersection. A number of antebellum plantation houses or sites exist along the marshes and waterfront areas of extreme south Bryan County, though none are in public hands or are preserved as historic sites. The community is part of the Savannah

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External links

Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church

Ft. McAllister State Park
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Unincorporated communities in Bryan County, Georgia Populated coastal places in Georgia (U.S. state) Savannah metropolitan area {{BryanCountyGA-geo-stub