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Ruskin, Georgia
Ruskin is an unincorporated community in Ware County, Georgia, United States. It lies between Waycross and Manor on U.S. Route 84. The community is part of the Waycross Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Ruskin was established in the 1890s, and was named after John Ruskin John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English polymath a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, Critique of politic ..., a Victorian art critic. A post office called Ruskin was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1932. References Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Unincorporated communities in Ware County, Georgia Waycross, Georgia micropolitan area {{WareCountyGA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as the military). There are many unincorporated communities and areas in the United States and Canada, but many countries do not use the concept of an unincorporated area. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ware County, Georgia
Ware County is a County (United States), county located in the Southeast Georgia, southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 36,251. The county seat and only incorporated place is Waycross, Georgia, Waycross. Ware County is part of the Waycross, Georgia Waycross micropolitan area, micropolitan statistical area. History Ware County, Georgia's 60th county, was created on December 15, 1824, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly from land that was originally part of Appling County, Georgia, Appling County. The county is named for Nicholas Ware, the mayor of Augusta, Georgia, Augusta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia from (1819–1821) and United States Senator who represented Georgia from 1821 until his death in 1824. Several counties were later created from parts of the original Ware County borders: * Bacon County, Georgia, Bacon County (from portions of Appling, Pierce, and Ware co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Waycross, Georgia
Waycross is the county seat of and only incorporated city in Ware County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 13,942 in the 2020 census. Waycross gets its name from the city's location at key railroad junctions; lines from six directions meet at the city. History Waycross includes two historic districts ( Downtown Waycross Historic District and Waycross Historic District) and several other properties that are on the National Register of Historic Places, including the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Lott Cemetery, the First African Baptist Church and Parsonage, and the Obediah Barber Homestead (which is seven miles south of the city). The area now known as Waycross was first settled ''circa'' 1820, locally known as "Old Nine" or "Number Nine" and then Pendleton. It was renamed Tebeauville in 1857, incorporated under that name in 1866, and designated county seat of Ware County in 1873. It was incorporated as "Way Cross" on March 3, 1874. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manor, Georgia
Manor (pronounced with a long "a") is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Ware County, Georgia, Ware County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. It lies southwest of Waycross, Georgia, Waycross on U.S. Route 84 in Georgia, U.S. Route 84. The community is part of the Waycross Waycross micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is the former home of Ware Magnet, a Georgia School of Success. After a majority vote by school board members, the K-12 school was closed in May 2010 due to financial issues, despite its academic excellence. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census listed a population of 94. Geography Manor is located at . Demographics Manor was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 United States census. In 2020, it had a population of 94. References Census-designated places in Ware County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Ware County, Georgia Waycr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waycross Micropolitan Area
The Waycross Micropolitan Statistical Area (Micropolitan Statistical Area, μSA), as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, anchored by the city of Waycross, Georgia, Waycross. As of the United States Census, 2000, 2000 census, the μSA had a population of 51,119 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 54,494). Counties *Pierce County, Georgia, Pierce *Ware County, Georgia, Ware Communities *Incorporated places **Blackshear, Georgia, Blackshear **Offerman, Georgia, Offerman **Patterson, Georgia, Patterson **Waycross, Georgia, Waycross (Principal city) *Census-designated places (''Note: All census-designated places are unincorporated area, unincorporated'') **Deenwood, Georgia, Deenwood **Sunnyside, Georgia, Sunnyside *Unincorporated places **Bristol, Georgia, Bristol **Dixie Union, Georgia, Dixie Union **Hacklebarney, Georgia, Hacklebarney **Manor, Georgia, Manor **Mershon, Georgia, Mers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ruskin
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English polymath a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, Critique of political economy, political economy, education, museology, geology, botany, ornithology, literature, history, and myth. Ruskin's writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. He wrote essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even The King of the Golden River, a fairy tale. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, architectural structures and ornamentation. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art gave way in time to plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society. Ruskin was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Communities In Georgia (U
Unincorporated may refer to: * Unincorporated area, land not governed by a local municipality * Unincorporated entity, a type of organization * Unincorporated territories of the United States, territories under U.S. jurisdiction, to which Congress has determined that only select parts of the U.S. Constitution apply * Unincorporated association Unincorporated association refers to a group of people in common law jurisdictions—such as the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand—who organize around a shared purpose without forming a corporation or similar legal entity. Unlike in some ..., also known as voluntary association, groups organized to accomplish a purpose * ''Unincorporated'' (album), a 2001 album by Earl Harvin Trio {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
