Oglethorpe may refer to:
People
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Oglethorpe (surname) Oglethorpe is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Anne Oglethorpe (1683–1756), British Jacobite agent
* Eleanor Oglethorpe (1662–1732, born as ''Eleanor Wall''), Irish Jacobite agent
* Eleanor Oglethorpe de Mézièr ...
Places
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Bramham cum Oglethorpe, West Yorkshire, England
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Brookhaven/Oglethorpe (MARTA station)
Brookhaven/Oglethorpe (originally Brookhaven and signed Brookhaven/Oglethorpe Univ. on station signs) is a train station in Brookhaven, Georgia, on the Gold Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. An elevat ...
, a passenger rail station located in the Brookhaven neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia
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Mount Oglethorpe
Mount Oglethorpe is a mountain located in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. The southernmost peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the mountain has an elevation of , making it the highest point in Pickens County, and the Atlanta Metropolitan A ...
, Georgia
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Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Oglethorpe County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,825. The county seat is Lexington.
Oglethorpe County is included in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro ...
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Oglethorpe, Georgia
Oglethorpe is a city in Macon County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,328 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Macon County. It was named for Georgia's founder, James Oglethorpe.
History
Oglethorpe was founded in 1838 ...
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Oglethorpe University
Oglethorpe University is a private college in Brookhaven, Georgia. It was chartered in 1835 and named in honor of General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the Colony of Georgia.
History
Oglethorpe University was chartered in 1834 in Mid ...
, Atlanta, Georgia
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Oglethorpe Charter School
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) is a school district based in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. SCCPSS is run by an elected Board of Public Education and operates most public schools in the Chatham County, including ...
in Savannah, Georgia
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Oglethorpe Mall
Oglethorpe Mall is a super-regional shopping mall on the Southside of Savannah, Georgia.
Named after General James Oglethorpe, the founder of Savannah, the mall has expanded since its opening in 1969 to nearly one million square feet. Among its ...
, a shopping mall in Savannah, Georgia
* Military
:* Camp Oglethorpe, a prisoner of war camp near
Macon, Georgia
Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Geo ...
, maintained by the Confederates during the American Civil War
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Oglethorpe Barracks Oglethorpe Barracks usually refers to a 19th-century United States Army post in the historic district of Savannah, Georgia. Some sources use the title to refer to Fort James Jackson (also known as Fort Oglethorpe) or Fort Wayne, both near Savannah. ...
, 19th century Army post, Savannah, Georgia
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
Fort Oglethorpe is a city predominantly in Catoosa County with some portions in Walker County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 10,423. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan St ...
, the town
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Fort Oglethorpe (Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia)
Fort Oglethorpe was a United States Army post in the US state of Georgia. It was established in a 1902 regulation, and received its first contingent in 1904. It served largely as a cavalry post for the 6th Cavalry. During World War I, Fort Oglet ...
, Army base founded in 1904
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Fort Oglethorpe, GA (Prisoner-of-war-Camp)
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia was a military facility in the US state of Georgia, in Catoosa County. After it was deactivated in 1947, its facilities formed the basis for the present town of Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
During and after World War I, f ...
, a POW camp during World War I
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Fort James Jackson
Fort James Jackson (usually shortened to Fort Jackson and informally known as Old Fort Jackson) is a restored nineteenth-century fort located one mile east of Savannah, Georgia, on the Savannah River. It hosts the Fort Jackson Maritime Museum.
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, fort built during 1808-1812 that protected Savannah, Georgia and was also known as Fort Oglethorpe
Other Uses
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Quercus oglethorpensis
''Quercus oglethorpensis'' (also called Oglethorpe oak) is a species of plant in the beech family. It is endemic to the United States. It is named for Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where it was first discovered. The county, in turn, is named for J ...
'', also called Oglethorpe Oak, a species of plant found in the Piedmont of Georgia and South Carolina, and in Louisiana and Mississippi
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USS ''Oglethorpe'' (AKA-100), an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship in service from 1945 to 1968
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List of NASCAR race tracks
This is a list of tracks which have hosted a NASCAR race from 1948 to present. Various forms of race track have been used throughout the history of NASCAR, including purpose-built race tracks such as Daytona.
NASCAR National series race tracks ...
for Oglethorpe Speedway Park, a NASCAR race track in Pooler, Georgia
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Oglethorpe Power
Oglethorpe Power Corporation is a medium-sized electric utility in Georgia, United States. Formed in 1974, Oglethorpe is a not-for-profit cooperative owned by the 38 electric membership corporations that it serves. The utility's headquarters are i ...
, an electric power company headquartered in Tucker, Georgia
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Change at Oglethorpe
BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British Digital radio in the United Kingdom, digital radio broadcasting, radio station from the BBC, broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a ...
'', a radio program that aired on BBC Radio 2
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Oglethorpe, a recurring character from ''
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' (also known by various alternative titles), sometimes abbreviated as ''ATHF'' or ''Aqua Teen'', is an American adult animated television series created by Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro for Cartoon Network's late ni ...
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Bo Buchanan
Beaufort Oglethorpe "Bo" Buchanan is a fictional character from the American soap opera '' One Life to Live''.
Casting and awards
Robert S. Woods created the character of Bo in November 1979. Woods originally screen tested for the recast of Rich ...
, Beaufort Oglethorpe "Bo" Buchanan, a fictional character on the soap opera ''One Life to Live''
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