Fort Mudge, Georgia


Fort Mudge is an unincorporated community in Brantley County in the U.S. state of Georgia.

History

Fort Mudge is described as "a temporary fortification during the Florida war", established in 1813. It was abandoned at the end of the war, although it may have been briefly reoccupied in 1838 during the Second Seminole War.

In popular culture

It is occasionally mentioned in the comic strip Pogo, being quite near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp that is the strip's setting.

Species of special concern

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources lists several species of special concern in or near Fort Mudge.Ctenium floridanum Florida Orange-grassGopherus polyphemus Gopher TortoiseHartwrightia floridana HartwrightiaNeofiber alleni Round-tailed MuskratOphisaurus compressus Island Glass LizardPicoides borealis Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPteroglossaspis ecristata Crestless Plume OrchidScirpus etuberculatus Canby's Club-rush

Roads

runs through Fort Mudge.