Pin Point, Georgia
Pin Point, Georgia | |
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Coordinates: 31°57′11″N 81°05′33″W / 31.95306°N 81.09250°WCoordinates: 31°57′11″N 81°05′33″W / 31.95306°N 81.09250°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia |
County | Chatham County |
Pin Point is an unincorporated community in Chatham County, Georgia, United States; it is located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Savannah. Pin Point is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area.[1]
The town is best known as the birthplace of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on June 23, 1948.[2]
A rural settlement founded by freed slaves after the American Civil War,[3] Pin Point is 1 mi (1.6 km) wide and 1.6 mi (2.6 km) long.
Pin Point is a small, predominantly African American community that has a well-established group of Gullah speakers.
Pin Point Heritage Museum, once the Varn and Sons Oyster Canning Factory, specializes in Gullah/Geechee culture [4]
References[]
- ^ Pin Point, Georgia
- ^ Merida, Kevin; Fletcher, Michael A. (22 April 2007). "Justice Thomas's Life A Tangle of Poverty, Privilege and Race". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ Mayer, Jane; Abramson, Jill (6 November 1995). Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas. Plume. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-452-27499-0. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ Pin Point Heritage Museum official website.
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1801699097?playlistId=tt10256238&ref_=tt_ov_vi
External links[]
- Pin Point Community historical marker
- Populated coastal places in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Unincorporated communities in Chatham County, Georgia
- Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Savannah metropolitan area