Pin Point, Georgia
| Pin Point, Georgia | |
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  Map showing the location of Pin Point, Georgia | |
| 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, in the United States; it is located 18 km (11 mi) southeast of Savannah, Georgia. 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 23 June 1948.[2]
A rural settlement founded by freed slaves after the American Civil War,[3] Pin Point is 1.6 km (0.99 mi) wide and 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long.
Pin Point is a small, predominantly African American community that has a well-established group of Gullah speakers. The historic creole language of the Low Country was drawn extensively from West African languages, and it continues to grow, change and develop today.
Notes
- ↑ 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.
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