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Cochran, Georgia
Cochran is a city in Bleckley County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 5,026. The city is the county seat of Bleckley County. Cochran is named for Judge Arthur E. Cochran and was incorporated on March 19, 1869. Judge Cochran was largely instrumental in developing this section of Georgia through his work as president of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, now the Southern Railway (a component of Norfolk Southern Railway). Once known as Dykesboro, Cochran was settled by B. B. Dykes, who owned the site on which the town is built. The earliest settlers located here to work in the turpentine industry. Cochran is home to Bleckley County High School and Middle Georgia State University. The city's nickname, Castle City, comes from the similar theme the mascots of each school's athletic program share (Barons, Royals, and Knights). Three properties in Cochran are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Bleckley County Courtho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agreed definition of the lower boundary for their size. In a narrower sense, a city can be defined as a permanent and Urban density, densely populated place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, Public utilities, utilities, land use, Manufacturing, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations, government organizations, and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving the efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macon And Brunswick Railroad
The Macon and Brunswick Railroad ran from Macon, Georgia to Brunswick, Georgia. Its construction was interrupted by the American Civil War, and initially only ran from Macon to Cochran, Georgia. The gauge line was completed and extended to the Georgia coast when it opened in its entirety in December 1869. Construction of the line stimulated the lumber industry along its path, and the founding of new towns and counties. History Initial construction and completion The Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company was granted a charter by the state of in March 1856. The charter allowed for the construction of a line from Brunswick, Georgia or a point along the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad (1856–79) to Macon, Georgia. Arthur E Cochran was named the president of the company during a meeting of stockholders that same year. Surveying for the line began in early 1857. The initial survey was completed by April 1857 by a E. McNeil. Construction was delayed for several years due to a lack of enou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley, Georgia
Dudley is a city in Laurens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 593 in 2020. History Dudley had its start in 1891 when the railroad was extended to that point. The city was named for Senator Dudley Mays Hughes. Geography Dudley is located in western Laurens County at (32.538345, -83.076179). U.S. Route 80 passes just north of the center of town, leading east to Dublin, the county seat, and west to Montrose. Interstate 16 passes through the south end of the city, with access from Exit 42. I-16 leads northwest to Macon and east to Savannah. According to the United States Census Bureau, Dudley has a total area of , of which , or 0.38%, are water. The north side of the town drains to Turkey Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the Oconee River The Oconee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map Accessed April 21, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its origin is in Hall Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia State Route 26
State Route 26 (SR 26) is a State highway (US), state highway that travels west-to-east through portions of Chattahoochee County, Georgia, Chattahoochee, Marion County, Georgia, Marion, Schley County, Georgia, Schley, Macon County, Georgia, Macon, Houston County, Georgia, Houston, Pulaski County, Georgia, Pulaski, Bleckley County, Georgia, Bleckley, Laurens County, Georgia, Laurens, Johnson County, Georgia, Johnson, Emanuel County, Georgia, Emanuel, Bulloch County, Georgia, Bulloch, Bryan County, Georgia, Bryan, Effingham County, Georgia, Effingham, and Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham counties through the Central Georgia, central part of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It crosses nearly the entire width of the state, connecting Cusseta, Georgia, Cusseta, on the southeastern edge of Fort Moore, near Columbus, Georgia, Columbus to Tybee Island, Georgia, Tybee Island on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast near Savannah, Georgia, Savannah, via Buena Vista, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastman, Georgia
Eastman is a city in Dodge County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,658 at the 2020 census, up from 4,962 at the 2010 census. The city was named after William Pitt Eastman, a native of Massachusetts who purchased a large tract of land along the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, and settled a city on the site. In the 19th century, this was a center of the timber and sawmill industry. During the Great Depression in 1937, the first Stuckey's Pecan Shoppe, once well-known along roadways throughout the United States, was founded in Eastman. History The first permanent settlement of the area took place in 1840. The population continued to grow when, in 1869, a station was built for the newly constructed Macon and Brunswick Railroad which passed through the area, stimulating an economic boom. The settlement was originally named Levison and was renamed Eastman by December 1869. Eastman was designated as the seat of newly formed Dodge County in 1871. It was incorporated as a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macon, Georgia
Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Situated near the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is southeast of Atlanta and near the state's geographic center—hence its nickname "Central Georgia, The Heart of Georgia". Macon's population was 157,346 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area, Macon metropolitan statistical area, which had 234,802 people in 2020. It also is the largest city in the Macon–Warner Robins combined statistical area (CSA), which had about 420,693 residents in 2017, and adjoins the Atlanta metropolitan area to the northwest. Voters approved the consolidation of the City of Macon and Bibb County, Georgia, Bibb County governments in a 2012 referendum. Macon became the state's fourth-largest city (after Augusta, Georgia, Augusta) when the merger became official on January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Georgia
Central Georgia is an eleven-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It abuts the Atlanta metropolitan area, just to the north, and is anchored by both the Macon metropolitan area, Georgia, Macon and Warner Robins, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, Warner Robins metropolitan areas. Geography According to the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the region consists of the following counties: Baldwin County, Georgia, Baldwin, Bibb County, Georgia, Bibb, Crawford County, Georgia, Crawford, Houston County, Georgia, Houston, Jones County, Georgia, Jones, Monroe County, Georgia, Monroe, Peach County, Georgia, Peach, Pulaski County, Georgia, Pulaski, Putnam County, Georgia, Putnam, Twiggs County, Georgia, Twiggs, and Wilkinson County, Georgia, Wilkinson. Demographics In 2010, the estimated total population of central Georgia, including the counties of Baldwin County, Georgia, Baldwin, Bibb County, Georgia, Bibb, Crawford County, Georgia, Crawford, Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillcrest (Cochran, Georgia)
Hillcrest, also known as Cedar Hall, is a historic two-story house at 706 Beech Street in Cochran, Georgia. Hillcrest is an early-20th century home of Classical Revival architecture. History and preservation Hillcrest was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It was deemed significant architecturally as a "fine example of a turn-of-the-century Neoclassical style house in Cochran." Neoclassical features include its monumental portico, large rooms, and details in its interior, such as paneled wainscoting Panelling (or paneling in the United States) is a millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components. These are traditionally interlocking wood, but could be plastic or other materials. Panelling was developed in antiquity t ..., built-ins, and Ionic columns and urns in stairways and room dividers. It was also deemed of local historical importance for its association with two prominent families, those of John Joseph Taylor (1855–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochran Municipal Building And School
The Cochran Municipal Building and School are two historic buildings in Cochran, Georgia. They are located at the intersection of Dykes Street ( Georgia State Route 112/ 26) and Second Street ( U.S. Route 23 Business), on the same block as the Bleckley County Courthouse. The school was built in 1928 and the Municipal Building was built in 1942. The Municipal Building was designed by Dennis and Dennis of Macon, Georgia, and was constructed by the Works Progress Administration. with The two buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... on July 31, 2003. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Bleckley County, Georgia References External links * Government buildings on the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleckley County Courthouse
Bleckley County Courthouse is the historic county courthouse of Bleckley County. It is located at Second Street on Courthouse Square in the county seat of Cochran.William Lonnie Barlow, ''Bleckley County'', Arcadia Publishing, 2010, p. 7-10. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. History Bleckley County was formed in 1912. The county jail and courthouse were erected the following year. The county courthouse opened on January 1, 1914, and has continuously been the county's courthouse since. The courthouse predates the city hall and city auditorium, which were built in 1928. The architect J.J. Baldwin of the architectural firm of Gayre & Baldwin designed the courthouse, one of eight Georgia courthouses designed by Baldwin. The building is in the Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Historic districts in the United States, districts, and objects deemed worthy of Historic preservation, preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". The enactment of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing property, contributing resources within historic district (United States), historic districts. For the most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the United States Department of the Interior. Its goals are to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Georgia State University
Middle Georgia State University is a public university with its main campus in Macon, Georgia, United States. It is part of the University System of Georgia and offers programs to students on five campuses in Middle Georgia and online. Middle Georgia State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate, baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees. The institution, originally known as Middle Georgia State College, was founded in 2013 through the merger of Middle Georgia College and Macon State College. Through these legacy institutions, Middle Georgia State University traces its history to 1884. In 2015, the institution adopted its current name to reflect its elevation to state university status. History Middle Georgia State is a relatively new institution in name, though it has been in existence in several forms for most of 130 years. 1884–1919 The institution's beginnings date to the establishmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
