Buford's Bridge
N 33° 07.039 W 081° 10.944
17S E 482983 N 3664307
Buford's Bridge
Waymark Code: WMYAD
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2006
Views: 61
Bufords Bridge, the earliest settlememt in what is now Bamberg County, was established as early as 1792, when William Buford maintained a bridge and operated a ferry over the Salkehatchie River It grew throughout the nineteenth century, with several residences, four stores, two taverns, a boarding house, a Masonic lodge, and Mizpah Methodist Church here by the 1850s.
Marker Name: Bufords Bridge
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Bridge
Marker number: 5-8
County: Bamberg, South Carolina
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