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Brantley County, Georgia
Brantley County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,021. The county seat is Nahunta. Brantley County is part of the Brunswick, Georgia metropolitan statistical area. History Georgia voters passed a state constitutional amendment on November 2, 1920, to form Brantley County from pieces of three earlier surrounding Georgia counties: Charlton, Pierce, and Wayne counties. Although the precise origin of the county name is unknown, it is believed that it honors U.S. Representative (congressman) William Gordon Brantley or his father, Benjamin Daniel Brantley, a well-known local merchant and Confederate States Army soldier in the American Civil War (1861–1865). Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.1%) is water. The Satilla River runs through Brantley County. The bulk of Brantley County, from east of Hortense south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brantley County Courthouse
The Brantley County Courthouse is a historic courthouse for Brantley County in Nahunta, Georgia, Nahunta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia.http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/courthouses/brantleyCH.ht It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1995. It is located at 117 Brantley Street. Hoboken, Georgia was Brantley County's original county seat and the county's first courthouse was built there in 1921, a year after the county's creation. In 1923 the legislature designated Nahunta as Brantley's county seat. A two-story brick courthouse was built in Nahunta in 1930 and remains the county courthouse today. An addition was added in 1978. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Brantley County, Georgia References External links * {{Registered Historic Places Buildings and structures in Brantley County, Georgia County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of America, Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by U.S. state, states that had Secession in the United States, seceded from the Union. The Origins of the American Civil War, central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether Slavery in the United States, slavery should be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prohibited from doing so, which many believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War, Decades of controversy over slavery came to a head when Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion, won the 1860 presidential election. Seven Southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Mudge, Georgia
Fort Mudge is an unincorporated community in Brantley County in the U.S. state of Georgia. History Fort Mudge (the fort after which the community is named) is described as "a temporary fortification during the Florida war", established in 1813. It was abandoned at the end of the war, although it may have been briefly reoccupied in 1838 during the Second Seminole War. In popular culture It is occasionally mentioned in the comic strip ''Pogo'', being quite near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp that is the strip's setting. Species of special concern The Georgia Department of Natural Resources lists several species of special concern in or near Fort Mudge. * ''Ctenium floridanum'' Florida Orange-grass * ''Gopherus polyphemus'' Gopher Tortoise * '' Hartwrightia floridana'' Hartwrightia * '' Neofiber alleni'' Round-tailed Muskrat * ''Ophisaurus compressus'' Island Glass Lizard * '' Picoides borealis'' Red-cockaded Woodpecker * '' Pteroglossaspis ecristata'' Crestless Plume Orchid * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hickox, Georgia
Hickox is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in south-central Brantley County, Georgia, United States. It is on U.S. Route 301, south of Nahunta and north of Folkston. The 2020 census listed a population of 234. Demographics Hickox first appeared as a census designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ... in the 2020 U.S. Census. In 2020, the CDP had a population of 234, and the majority of its population identified as non-Hispanic white (95.30%). Among the population, 2.14% were multiracial, 1.28% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 0.43% African American, 0.43% Native American, and 0.43% Asian alone. References Census-designated places in Brantley County, Georgia {{BrantleyCountyGA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoboken, Georgia
Hoboken is a city in Brantley County, Georgia, Brantley County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 480. History The city's name most likely is a transfer from Hoboken, New Jersey. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the City of Hoboken in 1920. Hoboken served as the first county seat of Brantley County from the county's formation in 1920 until 1923 when the seat was transferred to Nahunta, Georgia, Nahunta. Geography Hoboken is located in western Brantley County at (31.182720, -82.133891). U.S. Route 82 (called Main Street) passes through the city, leading east to Nahunta, Georgia, Nahunta, the county seat, and west to Waycross, Georgia, Waycross. According to the United States Census Bureau, Hoboken has a total area of , of which , or 0.48%, is water. Demographics In 2020, the city had a population of 480, down from 528 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 cens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ware County, Georgia
Ware County is a County (United States), county located in the Southeast Georgia, southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 36,251. The county seat and only incorporated place is Waycross, Georgia, Waycross. Ware County is part of the Waycross, Georgia Waycross micropolitan area, micropolitan statistical area. History Ware County, Georgia's 60th county, was created on December 15, 1824, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly from land that was originally part of Appling County, Georgia, Appling County. The county is named for Nicholas Ware, the mayor of Augusta, Georgia, Augusta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia from (1819–1821) and United States Senator who represented Georgia from 1821 until his death in 1824. Several counties were later created from parts of the original Ware County borders: * Bacon County, Georgia, Bacon County (from portions of Appling, Pierce, and Ware co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camden County, Georgia
Camden County is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2020 census, its population was 54,768. Its county seat is Woodbine, and the largest city is Kingsland. It is one of the original counties of Georgia, created February 5, 1777. It is the 11th-largest county in the state of Georgia by area, and the 41st-largest by population. Camden County comprises the Kingsland, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), formerly known as the St. Marys, Georgia μSA, which is included in the Jacksonville—Kingsland— Palatka, Florida–Georgia Combined Statistical Area. History Colonial period The first recorded European to visit what is today Camden County was Captain Jean Ribault of France in 1562. Ribault was sent out by French Huguenots to find a suitable place for a settlement. Ribault named the rivers he saw the Seine and the Some, known today as the St. Marys and Satilla Rivers. Ribault described the area as, "Fai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glynn County, Georgia
Glynn County is located in the Southeast Georgia, southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 84,499. The county seat is Brunswick, Georgia, Brunswick. Glynn County is part of the Brunswick, Georgia Brunswick metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Glynn County, one of the state's original eight counties created on February 5, 1777, was named after John Glynn, a member of the British House of Commons who defended the cause of the American Colonies before the American Revolution. The Battle of Bloody Marsh was fought in Glynn County. James Oglethorpe built Fort Frederica, which was used a base in the American Revolutionary War. Glynn Academy, established to educate boys, is the second oldest school in Georgia. Glynn County includes the most prominent of the Sea Islands of Georgia, including Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island, and Sea Island, Georgia, Sea Island. The Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suwannee River
The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River or Swanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the Southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 18, 2011 The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee Straits that separated the Florida peninsula from the Florida panhandle and the rest of the continent. Spelled as "Swanee", it is the namesake of two famous songs: Stephen Foster's " Swanee River" (1851) and George Gershwin and Irving Caesar's " Swanee" (1919). Geography The headwaters of the Suwannee River are in the Okefenokee Swamp in the town of Fargo, Georgia. The river runs southwestward into the Florida Panhandle, then drops in elevation through limestone layers into a rare Florida whitewater rapid. Past the rapid, the Suwanee turns west near the town of White Springs, Florida, then conne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland Island
Cumberland Island, in the southeastern United States, is the largest of the Sea Islands of Georgia. The long-staple Sea Island cotton was first grown here by a local family, the Millers, who helped Eli Whitney develop the cotton gin. With its unusual range of wildlife, the island has been declared a National Seashore. Little Cumberland Island is connected to the main island by a marsh. Geography Cumberland Island forms part of Camden County, Georgia (30°51′N, 81°27′W). Cumberland Island constitutes the westernmost point of shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean in the United States. The island is long, with an area of 36,415 acres (147.37 km2 or 56.90 square miles), including of marsh, mudflats, and tidal creeks. There is no bridge to the island; it is reached by the Cumberland Ferry from St. Marys. Ecology The island has three major ecosystem regions. Along the western edge of the island there are large areas of salt marshes. One will also see gnarled live oak tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waycross, Georgia
Waycross is the county seat of and only incorporated city in Ware County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 13,942 in the 2020 census. Waycross gets its name from the city's location at key railroad junctions; lines from six directions meet at the city. History Waycross includes two historic districts ( Downtown Waycross Historic District and Waycross Historic District) and several other properties that are on the National Register of Historic Places, including the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Lott Cemetery, the First African Baptist Church and Parsonage, and the Obediah Barber Homestead (which is seven miles south of the city). The area now known as Waycross was first settled ''circa'' 1820, locally known as "Old Nine" or "Number Nine" and then Pendleton. It was renamed Tebeauville in 1857, incorporated under that name in 1866, and designated county seat of Ware County in 1873. It was incorporated as "Way Cross" on March 3, 1874. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waynesville, Georgia
Waynesville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Brantley County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Brunswick, Georgia metropolitan statistical area. Its ZIP code is 31566. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 331. History Waynesville derives its name from Wayne County, of which it once was a part of. Records are contradictory so it is unclear when exactly Waynesville held the county seat. Geography Waynesville is located near the old Post Road which is the dividing line between the counties of Brantley and Glynn. Demographics At the 2020 census, its population was 331. See also List of county seats in Georgia (U.S. state) The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other state except for Texas, which has 254 counties. Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely l ... References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
