Things To Do in Springfield, Georgia

Inscription. This is one of the eight original Counties created by the Georgia Constitution in 1777 and is named for Lord Effingham who was an ardent supporter of Colonial Rights. By Act of Feb. 26, 1784, the first County Site was ... More on HMDB

Inscription. About .5 miles East on this Road is the site of Old Ebenezer, the first settlement of the Salzburgers in Georgia. They selected this location and named it Ebenezer - the stone of help. General Oglethorpe marked out their ... More on HMDB

Inscription. 1861 1865, To Honor The, Confederate Heroes, Of, Effingham County, ( Reverse Side ), Erected by Salzburger Chapter, United Daughters Of The Confederacy, April 26, 1923, , Erected 1923 by Salzburger Chapter United Daughters ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On Dec. 8, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman`s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, was moving through Effingham County toward Savannah. Hq. Left ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The settlement of Bethany was effected near here in 1751 by John Gerar William DeBrahm, His Majesty`s Surveyor General for the Southern District of North America. Comprised at first of 160 Germans, the group was joined ... More on HMDB

Inscription. [Front] : In grateful memory of those from Effingham County who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of our country that freedom might live and grow and increase its blessings, [A... More on HMDB

Inscription. Effingham Camp Meeting has the longest record of continuous service in South Georgia from 1790 according to oral tradition. The first camp ground was off Sisters Ferry Road on land of ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Students was established here in 1880 by the Pilgram Missionary Baptist Association. The school was established, organized, funded and staffed ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Old River Road, one of Colonial Georgia's leading thoroughfares and the first highway to connect Savannah and Augusta, passed here. It was initially opened as a horse path by direction of General Oglethorpe in the ... More on HMDB