Plug Point
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Directions to next stop ↗Location: 807 Dartmouth Street, corner of Egmont and Dartmouth Streets. Brunswick became a British settlement in 1738 after Mark Carr, a Marine Captain in General James Oglethorpe's company, established "Plug Point," a 1,000 acre tobacco plantation along the Turtle River. By 1771, the Royal Province of Georgia purchased Plug Point and renamed it in honor of King George II's ancestral birthplace: Braunschweig, Germany, officially becoming the Town of Brunswick.
- Where
- 807 Dartmouth St, Brunswick, GA 31520 (corner of Egmont and Dartmouth Streets)
About
Site of "Plug Point," the 1,000-acre tobacco plantation Mark Carr established along the Turtle River in 1738. The Royal Province of Georgia bought it by 1771 and renamed it Brunswick. Two live oaks here, GIFT Trees #232 and #233, are stop 8 on the City of Brunswick Tree Tour.