Pin Point, Georgia

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]

Pin Point, Georgia
Map showing the location of Pin Point, Georgia
Coordinates: 31°57′11″N 81°05′33″W
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyChatham County

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
  1. Pin Point, Georgia
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Pin Point Heritage Museum official website.
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