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9 Dec 2004
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Georgia Facts and Trivia
- Okefenokee Swamp encompasses over 400,000 acres of canals; moss draped cypress trees, and lily pad prairies providing sanctuaries for hundreds of species of birds and wildlife including several endangered species.
- Cumberland Island National Seashore contains the ruins of Dungeness, the once magnificent Carnegie estate. In addition, wild horses graze among wind swept dunes.
- The late John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his future wife stopped in Kingsland on the way to their marriage on Cumberland Island.
- Historic Saint Marys Georgia is the second oldest city in the nation.
- The City of Savanna was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic.
It sailed from Georgia.
- Ways Station was renamed Richmond Hill on May 1, 1941, taking the name of automaker Henry Ford's winter estate.
- The pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach made a home on Blackbeard Island. The United States Congress designated the Blackbeard Island Wilderness Area in 1975 and it now has a total of 3,000 acres.
- On January 19, 1861, Georgia joined the Confederacy.
- The official state fish is the largemouth bass.
- In Gainesville, the Chicken Capital of the World it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork.
- Georgia was named for King George II of England.
- Stone Mountain near Atlanta is one of the largest single masses of exposed granite in the world.
- Georgia is the nations number one producer of the three Ps--peanuts, pecans, and peaches.
- At the Hawkinsville Civitan Club's Annual Shoot the Bull Barbecue Championship, people from all over Georgia and surrounding states flock to this small south Georgia town to enter their tasty barbecue concoctions in this famous cook-off. The funds raised from this event benefit the Civitan International Research Center and its work toward a cure for Down's syndrome and other developmental disabilities.
- Each year Georgia serves as a host to the International Poultry Trade Show, the largest poultry convention in the world.
- The oldest portable steam engine in the United States is on display at Historic Railroad Shops in Savannah.
- Known as the sweetest onion in the world, the Vidalia onion can only be grown in the fields around Vidalia and Glennville
- Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River.
- Georgia's population in 1776 was around 40,000.
- Cordele claims to be the watermelon capital of the world.
- The annual Masters Golf Tournament is played at the Augusta National in Augusta every first week of April.
- Georgia is often called the Empire State of the South and is also known as the Peach State and Cracker State.
- In 1828 Auraria, near the city of Dahlongea, was the site of the first Gold Rush in America.
- Coca-Cola was invented in May 1886 by Dr. John S. Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. The name "Coca-Cola" was suggested by Dr. Pemberton's bookkeeper, Frank Robinson. He penned the name Coca-Cola in the flowing script that is famous today. Coca-Cola was first sold at a soda fountain in Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta by Willis Venable.
- Berry College in Rome has the world's largest college campus.
- The Little White House in Warm Springs was the recuperative home of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- In 1942 Jekyll Island was a private resort sold to the state by the owners, a group of millionaires.
- Providence Canyon State Park, near Lumpkin, is known as the Little Grand Canyon of Georgia.
- The Cherokee rose is the official state flower, the live oak the official tree; and the brown thrasher the official bird.
- United States Highway 27 runs the length of Georgia and is known as Martha Berry Highway, named after a pioneer educator.
- Marshall Forest in Rome is the only natural forest within a city limits in the United States.
- The popular theme park - Six Flags Over Georgia, was actually named for six flags that flew over Georgia. England, Spain, Liberty, Georgia, Confederate States of America, and the United States.
- The locomotive engine popularly known as The General is housed in the Big Shanty Museum in Kennesaw. It was stolen in the Andrews Railroad Raid in 1862 and later depicted in The Great Locomotive Chase, a popular movie.
- The name of the famous south Georgia swamp, the Okefenokee, is derived from an Indian word meaning the trembling earth.
- Brasstown Bald Mountain is the highest point in Georgia. It has an elevation of 4,784 feet.
- The Cyclorama is a three dimensional panorama that depicts the famous Battle of Atlanta, and is located in Grant Park in Atlanta.
- Thomasville is known as the City of Roses.
- Chickamuga National Park is the site of the bloodiest battle in American history.
- Plains is the home of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President.
- The figures of Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and Robert E. Lee make up the world's largest sculpture. It is located on the face of Stone Mountain. Additionally Robert E. Lee's horse, Traveler, is also carved at the same place.
- Savannah was the landing site for General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia.
- The world's largest Infantry training center is located at Fort Benning.
- The largest Farmer's Market of its kind is located in Forest Park.
- Ralph Bunch, United States diplomat, was the first Georgian to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Callaway Gardens is a world famous family resort, known for its azaleas.
- Wesleyan College in Macon was the first college in the world chartered to grant degrees to women.
- Madison is known for its beautiful antebellum homes spared during Sherman's fiery march to the sea.
- Chehaw in Albany is a well known wild animal park.
- Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon is the largest archeological development east of the Mississippi River.
- Athens is the location of the first university chartered and supported by state funds.
CITY COUNTY
Aaron Bulloch
Abba Irwin
Abbeville Wilcox
Abbey Hill (subdivision) Gwinnett
Abbottsford Troup
Abercorn Heights Chatham
Aberdeen Fayette
Aberdeen Estates Douglas
Abernathys Mill Haralson
Abide Awhile Newton
Abilene Carroll
Abington Green Cobb
Abington Park (subdivision) Gwinnett
Absalom (historical) Hall
Academy Acres Lowndes
Acadia Woods (subdivision) Gwinnett
Ace Mobile Home Park Clayton
Achord Dodge
Acorn Pond Worth
Acorn Tree Paulding
Acree Dougherty
Acton (historical) Harris
Acworth Cobb
Acworth Beach Cobb
Acworth Meadows (subdivision) Cobb
Adabelle Bulloch
Adairsville Bartow
Adams (historical) Richmond
Adams (subdivision) Clarke
Adams Crossroads Gwinnett
Adams Park (subdivision) Fulton
Adamson Heard
Adamsville McDuffie
Adamsville Fulton
Adasburg Wilkes
Addison Heights Cobb
Adel Cook
Adelaide Mitchell
Adgateville Jasper
Admirals Walk (subdivision) Camden
Adrian Emanuel
Adventure (historical) Richmond
Aerial Habersham
Afton Dawson
Agnes (historical) Lincoln
Agricola Glascock
Ahaluna Hall
Ai Gilmer
Aikenton Jasper
Ailey Montgomery
Aimar Long
Ainslie (historical) Bleckley
Airport Grove Newton
Airport Subdivision Dougherty
Akes Polk
Akin Wayne
Akins Bulloch
Akins Mill Bulloch
Akridge Grady
Akridge (historical) Mitchell
Alabama Junction Chatham
Alaculsy Murray
Alamo Wheeler
Alandale Hall
Alapaha Berrien
Albany Dougherty
Albaugh Peach
Albert (historical) Lumpkin
Alcorns Laurens
Alcovy Newton
Alcovy Forest Gwinnett
Alcovy Mobile Home Park Newton
Alcovy Mountain Walton
Alcovy Shores Jasper
Aldora Lamar
Aldreds Jefferson
Alexander Burke
Alexanders Mill Towns
Alexis Echols
Alfred Worth
Alfords Worth
Alford's Store Hancock
Alger Mitchell
Algernon (historical) Barrow
Alibi Cherokee
Alice Pickens
Alice Pulaksi
Alice Ingram Subdivision Peach
Aline Candler, Emanuel
Aline Estates Douglas
Aliph Tattnall, Toombs
Allandale Banks
Allapaha Lowndes, Berrien
Allapaha Wilcox
Allatoona Bartow
Allatoona Bay Cobb
Allatoona Beach Bartow
Allatoona Heights Paulding
Allatoona Pass Cherokee
Allatoona Quarters (subdivision) Cobb
Allatoona Ridge Cobb
Allatoona Shores (subdivision) Cobb
Allegany Union
Allen Decatur
Allen Oconee
Allen Richmond
Allen City Gwinnett
Allen Gap Gilmer
Allendale Muscogee
Allendale Gwinnett
Allendale Heights Clayton
Allenhurst Liberty
Allen Rock Pond Decatur
Allens Trailer Park (subdivision) Greene
Allentown Twiggs
Allenville Berrien
Allenwood Baldwin
Allie Meriwether
Alligood Laurens
Allison Estates (subdivision) Muscogee
Allon Crawford
Allon Mill (historical) Baldwin
Alma Bacon
Almira Jefferson
Almon Newton
Alpha Park (subdivision) Fulton
Alpharetta Fulton
Alpharetta Woods Fulton
Alpharette Fulton
Alpine Chattooga
Alpine Heights (subdivision) Peach
Alps Meriwether
Alston Montgomery
Alta Vista Muscogee
Alta Vista (subdivision) Douglas
Altamaha Tattnall
Altamaha Park Glynn
Altman Screven
Alto Banks
Alton (historical) Tattnall
Alvaton Meriwether
Alvin Madison
Amandaville (historical) Hart
Amber Acres (subdivision) Muscogee
Amber Wood Estates Clayton
Ambleside Clayton
Amboy Worth
Ambrose Coffee
Americus Sumter
Amicalola Dawson
Amity Lincoln
Amos Mill Dade
Amoskeag (historical) Dodge
Amsterdam Decatur
Anandale (historical) Habersham
Anderson Acres Newton
Anderson City Worth
Anderson Mill Bulloch
Andersons Corner Troup
Andersonville Sumter
Andersonville Cherokee
Andover North (subdivision) Fulton
Andrew Woods (subdivision) Muscogee
Andrews Crossroads Meriwether
Angels Acres Bibb
Angelville Gordon
Anguilla Glynn
Anna Bella Estates Douglas
Anne Heights Wilkes
Anneewakee Douglas
Anneewakee Estates Douglas
Anneewakee Heights (subdivision) Douglas
Anniedelle Floyd
Anon (historical) Oglethorpe
Ansley Warren
Ansley Brook Gwinnett
Ansley Forest (subdivision) Cherokee
Ansley Mill McDuffie
Ansley Park Douglas
Ansley Park (subdivision) Fulton
Ansley Park (subdivision) Clarke
Ansley Pointe Clayton
Antebellum North Houston
Antebellum Plateau Houston
Anthony Crossroads McDuffie
Anthony Terrace (subdivision) Bibb
Antioch Harris
Antioch Troup
Antioch Polk
Antioch Rabun
Antioch (historical) Thomas
Aonia Wilkes
Apalachee Morgan
Apollo (historical) Putnam
Apple Valley Jackson
Apple Valley (subdivision) Richmond
Applewood Cherokee
Appling Columbia
Aqua (historical) Morgan
Arabi Crisp
Aragon Polk
Aragon Park (subdivision) Richmond
Ararat Dodge
Arbor Forest Cobb
Arbor Ridge DeKalb
Arbor Trace Gwinnett
Arbor Walk Paulding
Arbor West Fulton
Arcade Jackson
Archery Webster
Arco Glynn
Arcola Bulloch
Arden Lake Cobb
Ardick McIntosh
Ardmore Effingham
Argo (historical) Fannin
Argyle Clinch
Arkwright Bibb
Arles Sumter
Arlington Calhoun
Arlington Park (subdivision) Bibb
Armboy Turner
Armena Lee
Armstrong (historical) Wilkes
Armuchee Floyd
Arnco Mills Coweta
Arnold Mill Fulton
Arnold Mill (subdivision) Cherokee
Arnoldsville Oglethorpe
Arp Irwin
Arp Banks
Arrow Head Columbia
Arrowhead Estates (subdivision) Muscogee
Arrowind (subdivision) Gwinnett
Artesia (historical) Worth
Asbury (historical) Burke
Asbury Woods Paulding
Ascalon Walker
Ash Paulding
Ash Manor Henry
Ashburn Turner
Ashebrook Cobb
Ashintilly McIntosh
Ashland Franklin
Ashland Oconee
Ashland Estates Clayton
Ashley Acres Paulding
Ashley Forest Cherokee
Ashley Grove Newton
Ashley Park Fayette
Ashling Place Troup
Ashlund Ridge (subdivision) Houston
Ashmore (subdivision) Liberty
Ashton Ben Hill
Ashton Place Clarke
Aska Fannin
Aspen Acres Clayton
Aspinwall Pierce
Asta Village Troup
Astoria Ware
Atco Bartow
Athens Clarke
Athon (historical) Jasper
Atkinson Brantley
Atlanta Fulton
Atlanta Junction Floyd
Atlas Circle Hall
Attapulgus Decatur
Atteiram Heights (subdivision) Floyd
Attica Jackson
Atwater Upson
Atwell Jefferson
Aubrey Bartow
Aubrey Heard
Auburn Barrow
Aucilla (historical) Thomas
Audubon Gordon
Audubon (subdivision) Dougherty
Audubon Forest Douglas
Audubon Forest Cherokee
Augusta Richmond
Aultman Pines Bibb
Aultmans (historical) Worth
Auraria Lumpkin
Ausmac Decatur
Austell Cobb
Autney McDuffie
Autreyville Colquitt
Autumn Chase Henry
Autumnridge (subdivision) Muscogee
Avalon Clayton
Avalon Newton
Avalon Stephens
Avalon (subdivision) Dougherty
Avans Dade
Avants Wheeler
Avera Jefferson
Averett Woods (subdivision) Muscogee
Avert Acres (subdivision) Dougherty
Avery Cherokee
Avery Landing Columbia
Avon Park Chatham
Avondale Bibb
Avondale McDuffie
Avondale Muscogee
Avondale Chatham
Avondale Richmond
Avondale (subdivision) Dougherty
Avondale Acres (subdivision) Dougherty
Avondale Estates DeKalb
Avondale Heights (subdivision) Muscogee
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