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Direct descendants of the original owners still own parts of the original tract of land. Much of the land, previously called the Peach Point
Wildlife Management Area, is now known as the Justin Hurst Wildlife Management Area and it covers approx. 12,000-acres owned by the
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Plantation for all the wild peaches growing in the vicinity at the time. The name is sometimes shortened to "Peach Point." At a later point it was named Peach Point Wildlife Management Area.
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