Greensboro is a city in and the
county seat
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of
Greene County,
Georgia
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People and fictional characters
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,
United States
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. Its population was 3,648 as of the
2020 census. The city is located approximately halfway between
Atlanta
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and
Augusta on
Interstate 20
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.
History
Greensboro was founded circa 1780; in 1787, it was designated the seat of the newly formed Greene County. It was incorporated as a town in 1803 and as a city in 1855. The city was named for Major General
Nathanael Greene
Major general (United States), Major General Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786) was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War. He emerge ...
, commander of the rebel American forces at the
Battle of Guilford Court House
The Battle of Guilford Court House was fought on 15 March 1781 during the American Revolutionary War, near Greensboro, North Carolina. A 2,100-man British force under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated Major General Na ...
on March 15, 1781.
Geography
Greensboro is located at the center of Greene County at (33.571528, -83.180921).
U.S. Route 278 passes through the city center as Broad Street, leading east to
Union Point and west to
Madison.
Georgia State Route 44
State Route 44 (SR 44) is a state highway that runs southwest-to-northeast through portions of Jones, Putnam, Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes, and Lincoln counties in the central and east-central parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The r ...
leads southwest from Greensboro to
Eatonton.
State Route 15 leads north to
Athens
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and southeast to
Sparta
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. The city limits extend southwest along SR 44 for so as to include Exit 130 on
Interstate 20
Interstate 20 (I‑20) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States. I-20 runs beginning at an interchange with I-10 in Reeves County, Texas, and ending at an interchange with I-95 in Florence, South Carolina. B ...
. I-20 leads east to
Augusta and west to
Atlanta
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.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, Greensboro has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.99%, is water.
The city is in 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 County and it terminates where it join ...
watershed and is located east of
Lake Oconee and southeast of
Oconee National Forest.
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census, there were 3,648 people, 1,288 households, and 808 families residing in the city.
Education
Greene County School District
The
Greene County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, and a charter school. The district has 158 full-time teachers and over 2,280 students.
*Greensboro Elementary
*Union Point Elementary
*Anita White Carson Middle School
*Greene County High School
*Lake Oconee Academy
The area also hosts the private school
Nathanael Greene Academy.
Notable people
*
Thomas W. Cobb, former U.S. representative and senator, and judge of the
superior court of Georgia; namesake of
Cobb County, Georgia
Cobb County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, and is a core county of the Atlanta metropolitan area in the north-central portion of the state. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 766, ...
*
William Crosby Dawson, former congressman and U.S. senator from Georgia; born, died, and buried in Greensboro
*
Foogiano, rapper signed to
1017 Records
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, born in Greensboro
*
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (September 22, 1790 – July 9, 1870) was an American lawyer, minister, journalist, educator, and humorist, known for his book ''Georgia Scenes''. He held strong pro-slavery and pro-secessionist views which he pub ...
, lawyer and early American humorist writer, represented Greene County in the state legislature in 1821
*
Mickey Mantle
Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed "the Mick" and "the Commerce Comet", was an American professional baseball player who played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951–1968) with the New York ...
, center fielder for the New York Yankees, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, lived in Greensboro during his final years after retiring from the Yankees
*
Joshua Nesbitt, former starting quarterback for the
Georgia Tech
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football team
*
Joseph Parker Jr., last surviving U.S. Navy physician who participated in the Allied invasion of
Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach was one of five beach landing sectors of the amphibious assault component of Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
On June 6, 1944, the Allies of World War II, Allies invaded German military administration in occupied Fra ...
*
John Perkins Ralls, Confederate congressman from Alabama, born in Greensboro
*
Tim Simpson
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Timothy Jay Simpson (born May 6, 1956) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour, and currently plays on the Champions Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Simpson was born and raised in Atlanta, ...
, professional golfer, lives in Greensboro
*
Sonny Terry
Saunders Terrell (October 24, 1911 – March 11, 1986), known as Sonny Terry, was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occas ...
, blues and folk musician known for his energetic harmonica style, born in Greensboro
*Elizabeth Wilson, first African American mayor of Decatur, Georgia
References
External links
City websiteThe Burning of Greensboroughhistorical marker
Historic Springfield Baptist Churchhistorical marker
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Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cities in Greene County, Georgia
County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)