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Pin Point is an unincorporated community in Chatham County, Georgia, United States; it is located 11 miles southeast of Savannah and is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Address
9924 Pin Point Ave, Savannah, GA 31406
Hours
Check the official website or call ahead for current hours.
Admission
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About

Pin Point is an unincorporated community in Chatham County, Georgia, United States; it is located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Savannah and is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pin Point is 1 mi (1.6 km) wide and 1.6 mi (2.6 km) long, and lies 13 feet above sea level. The town is best known for its longstanding Gullah-speaking community, and being the birthplace of U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas.

A rural settlement founded by freed people after the abolition of slavery in the United States post-Civil War, it was settled in the 1890s by people from nearby Ossabaw, Green, and Skidaway Islands. In 1897, they founded Sweetfield of Eden Baptist Church. In 1926, as part of a school-building initiative for African American children in the South—who at the time only had access to underfunded, segregated schools—a Rosenwald school was built in the Pin Point community.

The town lies on the edge of Shipyard Creek, a branch of the Moon River. The surrounding land has large oak trees and coastal marshes, as well as crab and oyster habitats. The main employer in the community was crab and oyster canning from the 1920s through the 1980s.

Pin Point remains a small, predominantly African American community that has a well-established Gullah community. The Gullah people have been able to preserve many cultural connections to their origins in West Africa, where many of their ancestors were captured and then enslaved in the United States.

Text from Wikipedia, Pin Point, Georgia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tips

  • About 9 miles from downtown Savannah in a straight line, so plan it as a drive.
  • Hours and admission change: check the official website before you go.

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