Only
10 minutes from downtown Savannah, Pooler is often called the “Doorway
to Savannah”.
Pooler is located on two interstate highways; I-95, the main north/south corridor; and I-16, the interstate that dissects Georgia. It is also on US Highway 80 and only a few miles from the Georgia Ports Authority’s container port, the second busiest on the east coast.
Pooler
is the center for commercial development in west Chatham County. Godley
Station, the center for business development, has been successful in
attracting large companies such as JCB to the area. Pooler is adjacent
to the Savannah/ Hilton Head Airport. Easy accessibility makes the Pooler
area attractive to businesses and industries that seek to establish,
relocate or expand.
During the Civil War, Pooler was a railway stop called Pooler's Station--the
last stop before Savannah on the Central of Georgia Railroad. In December
1864, it was a meeting place for Union officers led by William Tecumseh
Sherman, who negotiated with Savannah authorities for the strategic
port city's peaceful surrender .
Today,
Pooler is an attractive area to live and raise a family. Boasting a
very low crime rate, affordable housing, a good school system, an abundance
of places of worship, several leisure activities, a strong recreational
program and a small town community, Pooler has something for everyone.
Area attractions include golf courses, the Mighty Eight Air Force Museum,
Oglethorpe Speedway (one of the oldest NASCAR race tracks in the country),
Five Star Family Fun Park, the Ogeechee Canal, and a beach only 25 miles
east of Pooler.