Fort Gaines Cemetery Site

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Fort Gaines Cemetery Site
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Nearest city Fort Gaines, Georgia
Coordinates 31°36′7″N85°3′8″W / 31.60194°N 85.05222°W / 31.60194; -85.05222
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtc. 850
NRHP reference No. 74000669 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 16, 1974

The Fort Gaines Cemetery Site is a prehistoric mound, an archeological site, within the Fort Gaines Cemetery in Fort Gaines, Georgia.

As of 1974 it had not been excavated. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Marilyn Pennington (March 25, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fort Gaines Cemetery Site". National Park Service . Retrieved August 16, 2017. With two photos from 1974.