Black Island is a tidal island located just east of Darien, Georgia. It currently has a private gated residential community that is surrounded by native woodlands and marshes.[1]
  Black Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 31°22′14.88″N 81°24′5.51″W / 31.3708000°N 81.4015306°W |
| Administration | |
United States | |
| State | Georgia |
| County | McIntosh County |
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History
editThe island was once used as a lookout for Fort King George. Later it was used as a hunting preserve for R. J. Reynolds, Jr., who lived at a mansion on Sapelo Island.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Black Island GA | Vanishing Coastal Georgia Photographs by Brian Brown". vanishingcoastalgeorgia.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ^ "Black Island Road and Mcintosh Road, Darien, GA 31305". LoopNet. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
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