Pin Point is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Chatham County

Chatham County, Georgia

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, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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, in the United States

United States

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; it is located 18 km (11.2 mi) southeast of Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...

, at 31°57′11"N 81°5′33"W. Pin Point is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area

Savannah metropolitan area

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The town is best known as the birthplace of Supreme Court

Supreme Court of the United States

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 Justice Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas

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 on 23 June 1948.

A rural settlement founded by freed slaves

Slavery

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 after the American Civil War

American Civil War

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, Pin Point is 1.6 km (0.994196378639691 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

Gullah

The Gullah are African Americans who live in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands....

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.