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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] [Amazon] |
Cusseta, Georgia
Cusseta ( ) is a city in Chattahoochee County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, metropolitan statistical area. The population was 9,565 in 2020. The city is the county seat of Chattahoochee County, with which it shares a consolidated city-county government. Despite this, Cusseta is not coterminous with the county; it remains a geographically distinct municipality within the county. History Chattahoochee County, Georgia, Chattahoochee County was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on February 13, 1854. It was formed from portions of Muscogee County, Georgia, Muscogee and Marion County, Georgia, Marion counties and named for the Chattahoochee River, river that forms its western boundary. The act appointed five commissioners to choose a site for the county seat, which they named Cusseta to commemorate the Cusseta, Creek Nation, Creek Indian town that used to exist nearby. The original courthouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bleckley County, Georgia
Bleckley County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,583. The county seat is Cochran. History The county was named for Logan Edwin Bleckley, a soldier and Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. The state constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed by the Georgia General Assembly on July 30, 1912, and ratified November 5, 1912. Bleckley County was formerly home to Middle Georgia College, the oldest two-year public college in the nation. In 2013 it merged with Macon State College to become Middle Georgia State University. Bleckley County High School made news in March 2010 for allowing a same-sex couple to attend its senior prom, after another same-sex couple in Mississippi were denied attendance at another senior prom. Government Bleckley County is one of eight remaining counties in Georgia that operates under a sole commissioner form of government, with a single coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Buena Vista, Georgia
Buena Vista ( ) is a city in Marion County, Georgia, Marion County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, metropolitan statistical area. The population was 1,585 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 2,173 in 2010 United States census, 2010. Formerly known as "Pea Ridge", the city changed its name to Buena Vista in honor of Battle of Buena Vista, Zachary Taylor's victory in the Mexican–American War. The city is the county seat of Marion County. It is the birthplace of baseball legend Josh Gibson and Medal of Honor recipient Luther H. Story. History Buena Vista was first settled in 1818 by settlers from Georgia. A postal office was established in 1837, and it was incorporated as a town. In 1850, the seat of Marion County was transferred to Buena Vista from Tazewell, Georgia, Tazewell. Buena Vista was incorporated as a city in 1891, and again in 1920. In 1906, a major fire d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for separating the New World of the Americas (North America and South America) from the Old World of Afro-Eurasia (Africa, Asia, and Europe). Through its separation of Afro-Eurasia from the Americas, the Atlantic Ocean has played a central role in the development of human society, globalization, and the histories of many nations. While the Norse colonization of North America, Norse were the first known humans to cross the Atlantic, it was the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 that proved to be the most consequential. Columbus's expedition ushered in an Age of Discovery, age of exploration and colonization of the Americas by European powers, most notably Portuguese Empire, Portugal, Spanish Empire, Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, Muscogee County, with which it officially merged in 1970; the original merger excluded Bibb City, Georgia, Bibb City, which joined in 2000 after dissolving its own city charter. Columbus is the List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), second most populous city in Georgia (after Atlanta), and fields the state's List of metropolitan areas in Georgia (U.S. state), fourth-largest metropolitan area. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Columbus had a population of 206,922, with 328,883 in the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, Columbus metropolitan statistical area. The metro area joins the nearby Alabama cities of Auburn, Alabama, Auburn and Opelika, Alabama, Opelika to form the Columbus–Auburn–Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Georgia (U
Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the female given name * Georgia (musician) (born 1990), English singer, songwriter, and drummer Georgia Barnes Places Historical polities * Kingdom of Georgia, a medieval kingdom * Kingdom of Eastern Georgia, a late medieval kingdom * Kingdom of Western Georgia, a late medieval kingdom * Georgia Governorate, a subdivision of the Russian Empire * Georgia within the Russian Empire * Democratic Republic of Georgia, a country established after the collapse of the Russian Empire and later conquered by Soviet Russia. * Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, a republic within the Soviet Union * Republic of Georgia (1990–1992), Republic of Georgia, a republic in the Soviet Union which, after the collapse of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
State Highway (US)
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or province falls below numbered national highways (Canada being a notable exception to this rule) in the hierarchy (route numbers are used to aid navigation, and may or may not indicate ownership or maintenance). Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on the state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for the other. In some countries such as New Zealand, the word "state" is used in its sense of a sovereign state or country. By this meaning a state highway is a road maintained and numbered by the national government rather than local authorities. By country Australia Australia's important urban and inter-regiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chatham County, Georgia
Chatham County ( ) is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Georgia, on the state's Atlantic coast. The county seat and largest city is Savannah. One of the original counties of Georgia, Chatham County was created February 5, 1777, and is named after William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. The U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 estimated population for Chatham County was 307,336 residents. The official 2020 U.S. census population was 295,291 residents, an increase of 11.4% from the official 2010 population of 265,128. Chatham County is the fifth-most-populous county in Georgia, and the state's most populous outside the Atlanta metropolitan area. The county is the core of the Savannah metropolitan area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which (32.6%) is covered by water. Chatham County is the northernmost of Georgia's coastal counties on the Atlantic Ocean. It is bounded on the northeast by the Savannah River, and in the sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Effingham County, Georgia
Effingham County ( ) is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,769. The seat is Springfield. Effingham County is included in the Savannah metropolitan area. In 2008, Effingham County was ranked as the sixth-fastest-growing midsize county in the nation from 2000 to 2007 by the U.S. Census Bureau. The county had a 35.1% growth rate over that period. History Effingham was among the original counties of the state of Georgia, created February 5, 1777, during the American Revolution from the colonial parishes of St. Matthew and St. Phillip. Its name honors Lord Effingham, an English champion of colonial rights, who resigned his commission rather than fight against the rebel colonists during the American Revolution. During the war, most of the Loyalists in what is now Effingham County were first generation Scottish immigrants. After the war, notable Georgia patriots including Lyman Hall, Samuel Elb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bryan County, Georgia
Bryan County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 44,738. The county seat is Pembroke, Georgia, Pembroke. Bryan County is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area, Savannah, Georgia metropolitan statistical area. The Bryan County Courthouse (Georgia), Bryan County Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History Bryan County was created on December 19, 1793, named after Jonathan Bryan (1708–1788), an American Revolutionary War partisan. South Bryan County is home to the earthen American Civil War, Civil War installation Fort McAllister (now Fort McAllister Historic Park) which Gen. William Sherman captured on his Sherman's March to the Sea, March to the Sea. The colonial town of Hardwick, Bryan County, Georgia, Hardwick, laid out in 1755, served as the initial county seat. In 1797, the Georgia General Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bulloch County, Georgia
Bulloch County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 81,099, up from 70,217 in 2010.US 2020 Census Bureau report, Bulloch County, Georgia The county seat is Statesboro. With Evans County, Bulloch forms part of the Statesboro micropolitan statistical area, a component of the Savannah–Hinesville–Statesboro combined statistical area. The county was created on February 8, 1796, by Gregory Dylan Presson from colonial-era St. Phillip's parish. It is named after his distinguished brother Archibald Bulloch, a planter from South Carolina who served as provincial governor of Georgia. Archibald Bulloch was born in South Carolina but bought a plantation on the Savannah River. Politically active in opposing the British, he became the first provincial governor of Georgia in January 1776. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
