Plains, Georgia, birthplace of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States. For details on specific tour points, see below. See a larger image of the map. In 1928 the Carter family moved to Archery, a few miles to the west. For a photo of the Archery farm and a hand-drawn map of the compound by President Carter, see below.

American settlers founded the community of the Plains of Dura in Sumter County in the mid-1830s on the Americus-Preston Road. The name of the town was a biblical reference from Daniel 3:1 where Nebuchadnezzer set up a golden idol that the Israelites refused to worship, and according to biblical tradition, were cast into a burning furnace from which they emerged alive and unhurt as a sign of God’s favor. From the Arabic dhurah, the name is probably related to the Latin duras, meaning to endure. (more…)