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Cusseta may refer to a place in the United States: * Cusseta, Creek Nation, a Muscogee Creek peace town formerly located in Georgia *Cusseta, Alabama *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 ... * Fort Cusseta {{Geodis ...
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Cusseta, Creek Nation
Cusseta, also known as Kasihta, was a Peace Town of the Lower Towns, a division of the Muscogee Confederacy. It was located in what the Spanish called Apalachicola Province on the Chattahoochee River, then in what is now the state of Georgia near the Ocmulgee River, and finally again on the Chattahoochee River."History."
''Unified Government Offices of Cusseta-Chattahoochee County.'' 2004. Retrieved 20 Aug 2012.
It was one of the two major towns of the Lower Creek, with a population of 1,918 in 1832.


Origins

According to Muscogee , early Creek from Ocmulgee settled Cusseta and
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Cusseta, Alabama
Cusseta is a town in Chambers County, Alabama, United States. Situated between Opelika and Lanett, it was named for the ancient Creek Indian town of Cusseta. As of the 2010 census, its population was 123. Pat Garrett, the lawman famed for killing the outlaw Billy the Kid, was born near Cusseta in 1850. The community was believed to be unincorporated until 2006, when rediscovered documents indicated that Cusseta had been incorporated as a city in 1853. As the community diminished in size over the years, its status was forgotten.Brock Parker, "Cusseta: Alabama's Forgotten City," September 23, 2006, available aWTVM.com/ref> Demographics Notable people * Emily Hendree Stewart Park (1848–1910), President of the Washington Seminary (Atlanta) See also * Fort Cusseta References {{authority control Towns in Alabama Populated places established in 1853 Towns in Chambers County, Alabama Alabama placenames of Native American origin ...
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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 ...
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