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List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia

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This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.

As of 2023, the state of Georgia is home to 50 of these landmarks.

Key

National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark District
National Historic Site

Current NHLs

Historic areas administered by the National Park Service

National Historic Sites, National Historical Parks, National Monuments, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance. There are eight of these in Georgia. The National Park Service lists these eight together with the NHLs in the state, The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is also an NHL and is listed above. The remaining seven are:

Landmark name
Image	Date established	Location	County	Description
Andersonville National Historic Site	[[File:AndersonvilleMonuments.jpg	100px	Monuments at Andersonville National Historic Site]]		Andersonville
Macon	Prisoner-of-war camp during the American Civil War
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	[[File:Chick chatta park.jpg	100px	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park]]			Catoosa, Dade, & Walker Counties	Shared with Tennessee. Site of two major battles during the American Civil War
Fort Frederica National Monument	[[File:FortFredMagazine.jpg	100px	Photo of the current Fort Frederica site]]		St. Simons Island
Glynn	18th century fort built by James Oglethorpe to protect the British colony of Georgia
Fort Pulaski National Monument	[[File:FtPulaskiFront.jpg	100px	Exterior of Fort Pulaski]]		Cockspur Island
Chatham	19th century fort used during the American Civil War
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site	[[File: The Carter family store in the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park.jpg	100px	1989 HABS photograph of Jimmy Carter Boyhood Home]]		Plains
Sumter	Preserves various locations important to the life of former Georgia governor and United States President Jimmy Carter
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	[[File:Kennesaw mountain cannon01.jpg	100px	Picture of cannon at Kennesaw Mountain]]		Kennesaw
Cobb	Battleground during the American Civil War
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	[[File:Macon Ocmulgee Earth Lodge.jpg	100px	Earth Lodge, Ocmulgee National Monument]]		Macon
Bibb	Preserves earthworks associated with Mississippian Native Americans, as well as other archaeological evidence

References

National Park Service. "National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers".
"List of NHLs by State". National Park Service.
These are listed on p.111 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State"
National Park Service: ''[https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/hisnps/NPSHistory/birthdays.htm National Park System Birthdays]''; retrieved April 2, 2017.

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