Coldwater Methodist Church

Historical marker location:

2142 Coldwater Creek Road, Elberton, Georgia

( Marker is on Coldwater Creek Road, ½ mile west of Double Bridges Road, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1957

Georgia was the site of the first American gold rush, but it was also the site of the first American oil rush. In 1905, oil was discovered in Bibb County, and the state's oil industry began to grow rapidly.