Colerain (variously spelled "Coleraine" and "Colrane") is an extinct American town in Camden County,

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. The

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classifies it as a populated place.

History

Coleraine originated as a settlement that developed around a small trading post located along the St. Marys River, on the border of northeastern

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and southeastern Georgia. The first governor of British East Florida, Colonel James Grant, financed the creation of a portion of King's Road, stretching from New Smyrna Beach in Florida and terminating in Coleraine. The settlement was the first location of the United States factory for trade with the Creek Indians in the mid-1790s, until the factory relocated to the newly-constructed Fort Wilkinson in 1797. It was also the site of the signing of the Treaty of Colerain between the Creeks and the United States government on June 29, 1796 – which expanded the U.S.-Creek border westward, allowed for Fort Wilkinson's construction, and mandated the removal of the factory from Colerain to the new fort. According to one tradition, the community was named after "Coleraine", a local Indian chieftain, while another tradition states the name is a transfer from

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, in Ireland. The federal military road was financed by the U.S. Congress and constructed between 1824 – 1827; spanning from Colerain down to Tampa Bay, erstwhile bisecting the site of present-day Middleburg (which included settlements then called ''Clark's Ferry'' ater ''Garey's Ferry''and adjacent ''Whitesville''. The Federal government constructed the road in order to develop military infrastructure in the area and increase the population of white settlers.

References

Geography of Camden County, Georgia Ghost towns in Georgia (U.S. state) {{CamdenCountyGA-geo-stub