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Valdosta Metropolitan Area
The Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties – Brooks, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes – in south-central Georgia, anchored by the city of Valdosta. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 139,588. Counties *Brooks *Echols * Lanier * Lowndes Communities *Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants **Valdosta (Principal city) *Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants ** Lakeland ** Quitman ** Hahira *Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants ** Barwick (partial) ** Dasher ** Lake Park **Moody AFB (census-designated place) ** Morven ** Pavo (partial) ** Remerton *Unincorporated places **Barney ** Clyattville **Dixie **Grooverville ** Mineola ** Naylor ** Statenville ** Stockton Transportation Highways There are many signed highways in the area: * Interstate 75 * U.S. Route 41 (North Valdosta Road) (co-signed with I-75 between Exits 22 and 60) * U.S. Route 84 (Hill Avenue (Valdosta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdosta MSA
The Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties – Brooks, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes – in south-central Georgia, anchored by the city of Valdosta. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 139,588. Counties *Brooks * Echols * Lanier * Lowndes Communities *Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants ** Valdosta (Principal city) *Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants ** Lakeland ** Quitman ** Hahira *Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants ** Barwick (partial) ** Dasher ** Lake Park **Moody AFB (census-designated place) ** Morven ** Pavo (partial) ** Remerton *Unincorporated places ** Barney ** Clyattville **Dixie **Grooverville ** Mineola ** Naylor ** Statenville ** Stockton Transportation Highways There are many signed highways in the area: * Interstate 75 * U.S. Route 41 (North Valdosta Road) (co-signed with I-75 between Exits 22 and 60) * U.S. Route 84 (Hill Avenue (Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavo, Georgia
Pavo is a city that is divided by the county line between Brooks and Thomas counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Valdosta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 627 at the 2010 census. The city is home to a branch of the Thomas County Public Library System. Pavo was featured in country music star Alan Jackson's video for his hit song " Little Man", lamenting the decline of small-town America. Geography Pavo is located at (30.960341, -83.739352). Georgia State Route 122 (Harris Street) passes through the center of town, leading southwest to Thomasville and east to Interstate 75 at Hahira. Georgia State Route 33 leads north out of town as Robert Street towards Moultrie; southbound it leaves as County Line Road towards Barwick and Boston. According to the United States Census Bureau, Pavo has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 711 people, 301 households, and 191 families residing in the cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 84
U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is an east–west U.S. Highway that started as a short Georgia–Alabama route in the original 1926 scheme. Later, in 1941, it had been extended all the way to Colorado. The highway's eastern terminus is a short distance east of Midway, Georgia, at an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95). The road continues toward the nearby Atlantic Ocean as a county road. Its western terminus is in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, at an intersection with US 160. The section from Brunswick, Georgia, to Roscoe, Texas, has been designated by five state legislatures as part of the El Camino East–West Corridor. The designation was in recognition of its history as a migration route from the Atlantic coast to the present Mexican border, one of the routes that Spanish settlers called '' El Camino Real''. (In Louisiana, the route was called the Harrisonburg Road.) The designation is intended to promote the route for both tourism and NAFTA-facilitated trade with Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 41
U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, was US 94. The highway's southern terminus is in the Brickell neighborhood of Downtown Miami at an intersection with Brickell Avenue ( US 1), and its northern terminus is east of Copper Harbor, Michigan, at a modest cul-de-sac near Fort Wilkins Historic State Park at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula. US 41 closely parallels Interstate 75 (I-75) from Naples, Florida, all the way through Georgia to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Route description , - , FL , , - , GA , , - , TN , , - , KY , , - , IN , , - , IL , , - , WI , , - , MI , , - class="sortbottom" , Total , Florida In Florida, US 41 is paralleled by Interstate 75 all the way from Miami to Georgia (on the northern border), and I-75 has largely supplante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 75 In Georgia
Interstate 75 (I-75) in the US state of Georgia travels north–south along the U.S. Route 41 (US 41) corridor in the central part of the state, traveling through the cities of Valdosta, Macon, and Atlanta. It is also designated—but not signed—as State Route 401 (SR 401). I-75 is the only Interstate to traverse the full length of the state from north to south. In Downtown Atlanta, I-75 joins with I-85 as the Downtown Connector. The segment from SR 49 in Byron to I-16 in Macon is part of the Fall Line Freeway and may be incorporated into the eastern extension of I-14, which is currently entirely within Central Texas and is proposed to be extended to Augusta. What would become the general routing of I-75 in Georgia was initially used by the western routing of the Dixie Highway beginning in 1916. Established in 1926, the Interstate's direct predecessor in Georgia is US 41, a national highway that has been largely supplanted in favor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I-75
Interstate 75 (I-75) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes and Southeastern regions of the United States. As with most Interstates that end in 5, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, traveling from State Road 826 (SR 826, Palmetto Expressway) and SR 924 (Gratigny Parkway) on the Hialeah–Miami Lakes border (northwest of Miami, Florida) to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, at the Canadian border. It is the second-longest north–south Interstate Highway (after I-95) and the seventh-longest Interstate Highway overall. I-75 passes through six different states. The highway runs the length of the Florida peninsula from the Miami area and up the Gulf Coast through Tampa. Farther north in Georgia, I-75 continues on through Macon and Atlanta before running through Chattanooga and Knoxville and the Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee. I-75 crosses Kentucky, passing through Lexington before crossing the Ohio River into Cincinnati, Ohi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, Georgia
Stockton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lanier County, Georgia, United States. Stockton is located in the far southern portion of the state on U.S. Highway 84, near Valdosta and Lakeland. The surrounding area produces tobacco, turpentine, pine lumber, and pulpwood. Moody Air Force Base is located nearby, and transport is provided mainly by U.S. Route 84 and U.S. Route 129. Stockton is located near the Alapaha River and CSX Transportation runs through Stockton at least twice a day. Stockton's zip code is 31649. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 135. History The community was named after one Mr. Stockton, a railroad official. Georgia General Assembly incorporated Stockton as a town in 1876. The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995. In 1944 the community was the site of the Stockton train wreck The Stockton train wreck occurred on August 4, 1944 at 11.45 p.m. on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statenville, Georgia
Statenville is an unincorporated community in and the county seat of Echols County, Georgia, United States. It is a census-designated place (CDP), with a population of 1,040 at the 2010 census. The ZIP code is 31648, and the area code 229. History The town of Statenville was originally called Troublesome. It grew up at a ford on the Alapaha River in the 1850s. Troublesome was renamed Statenville when the latter was designated county seat in 1858 of the newly-formed Echols County. It is named for James Watson Staten, but was erroneously incorporated as "Statesville" in 1859. In 1965, the state officially amended the city's charter to read "Statenville". In 1995, a new state law revoked the city charter, along with dozens of others in Georgia which had inactive governments. This left Echols and Webster as the only counties in Georgia with no incorporated communities whatsoever. Columbia County has the unincorporated county seat of Appling, though most court functions take place in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naylor, Georgia (Unincorporated)
Naylor is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lowndes County, Georgia, Lowndes County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Naylor was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census with a population of 139. History The community was named after Captain Naylor, a railroad agent. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Naylor as a town in 1906. Geography Naylor is a circular area, one mile in diameter, located at the intersection of U.S. Route 84 in Georgia, U.S. Route 84 and Georgia State Route 135. It is located approximately 9.5 miles east of Valdosta, Georgia, Valdosta. * U.S. Route 84 * Georgia State Route 135 Demographics 2020 census ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mineola, Georgia
Mineola is an unincorporated community in Lowndes County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History A post office called Mineola was established in 1889 along the route of the newly completed Georgia Southern and Florida Railway The Georgia Southern and Florida Railway , also known as the ''Suwanee River Route'' from its crossing of the Suwanee River, was founded in 1885 as the Georgia Southern and Florida ''Railroad'' and began operations between Macon, GA and Valdosta, ..., and remained in operation until 1920. "Mineola" is a name derived from an unidentified Native American language meaning "much water". References Unincorporated communities in Lowndes County, Georgia {{LowndesCountyGA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grooverville, Georgia
Grooverville is an unincorporated community in Brooks County, Georgia, United States. It was once known as Key and was located at the crossing of the Thomasville and Madison and Sharpe's Store Road, which was in Thomas County prior to the creation of Brooks County from Lowndes and Thomas counties in 1858. Grooverville was incorporated on December 8, 1859. The charter of Grooverville was terminated by an act of the Georgia Legislature effective July 1, 1995. Since then, Grooverville has been granted status as Grooverville Historic Township by State of Georgia, Department of Community Affairs. Grooverville Methodist Church and Liberty Baptist Church, the later listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 2013, are locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixie, Brooks County, Georgia
Dixie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Brooks County, Georgia, United States. Dixie is located near U.S. Route 84, west of Quitman. Dixie has a post office with ZIP code 31629. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 121. History Dixie had its start in 1861 when the railroad was extended to that point. The community was named from Dixie, a nickname for the southeastern United States. A post office called Dixie has been in operation since 1879. The Georgia General Assembly The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directly ... incorporated the place in 1908 as the "Town of Dixie". The town's municipal charter was dissolved in 1995. Demographics At the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 121. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
