Burroughs is a populated place established as a town in Chatham County, Georgia by former slaves. In 1906, it was described as a post-village near the Ogeechee River about 12 miles southwest of Savannah. It had a population of 118 in 1900. [1] The town was chartered in 1898 and had its charter revoked in 1921. [2] It is now a neighborhood of Savannah.
Burroughs is home to the historic St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church and New Ogeechee Missionary Baptist Church. [3] [4] J. C. Legree was its first mayor. Henry Alexander Saturnin Hartley was a missionary to the area. [5]
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad passed through Burroughs. There was a Burroughs Station. [6] In 1993 a filing was made to remove a train station stop in Burroughs. [7] The area has artesian wells. [8] There is a Burroughs Neighborhood Park. [9]