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Southeast Georgia
Southeast Georgia is an eighteen-county region within the U.S. state of Georgia, bordering Florida. The region includes a portion of Georgia's Lower Coastal Plain. Southeast Georgia's largest city is Valdosta, which forms the core of the Valdosta metropolitan area. The region's largest county by population is Lowndes County, of which Valdosta is the county seat. The region had a total resident population of 416,498 in 2020. Geography Located in southern Georgia and the Deep South, the Southeast Georgia region lies on a low elevation above sea level, and a portion of its land consists of the Okefenokee Swamp. According to the Georgia Department of Economic Development, Southeast Georgia consists of the following counties: Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, and Ware. Demographics Southeast Georgia, like the majority of the U.S. state, has been settled by a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdosta, Georgia
Valdosta is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, Georgia, Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As the principal city of the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, Valdosta metropolitan statistical area, which in 2023 had a metropolitan population of 151,118, according to the US Census Bureau its metropolitan area includes Brooks County, Georgia, Brooks County to the west. With a city population of 55,378 in 2020, Valdosta is the home of Valdosta State University, a regional university in the University System of Georgia with over 12,000 students as of 2021. Etymology The city of Valdosta had been named after Governor George Troup, for whom Troup County, Georgia, was also named. Valdosta was named after Troup's Plantations in the American South, plantation, Valdosta (occasionally the "Val d'Osta" spelling was used for the plantation); Troup had named it after the Aosta Valley () in Italy. The name Aosta () refers to Emperor Augustus. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berrien County, Georgia
Berrien County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,160. The county seat is Nashville. The county was created February 25, 1856, out of portions of Coffee, Irwin and Lowndes counties by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. It is named after Georgia senator John M. Berrien. History Establishment The citizens of the area of Lowndes County and Irwin County that would become Berrien County had to travel long distances to get the county courthouse at Franklinville, Georgia and later Troupville, Georgia for those in Lowndes County, and Irwinville, Georgia for those in Irwin County. By at least June 1853, citizens had petitioned to form a new county. The 1853 attempt of a new county failed. By 1856, a renewed attempt at the creation of a new county was successful. World War I Berrien County lost a disproportionate number of men in World War I in part because companies at that time were organ ... [...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] |
Turner County, Georgia
Turner County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,006. The county seat is Ashburn. The county was created on August 18, 1905, and named for Henry G. Turner, U.S. representative and Georgia state Supreme Court justice. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.6%) is water. The eastern two-thirds of Turner County, from just west of Interstate 75 heading east, are located in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The southern and western portion of the county are located in the Little River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin. The entire western edge of Turner County is located in the Middle Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). Major highways * Interstate 75 * U.S. Route 41 * State Route 7 * State Route 32 * State Route 32 Connector * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tift County, Georgia
Tift County is a County (United States), county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 41,344. The county seat is Tifton, Georgia, Tifton. Tift County comprises the Tifton, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area, micropolitan statistical area. History The county was created on August 17, 1905, and is named for Henry Harding Tift, who founded Tifton in 1872. Tift purchased about 65,000 acres of virgin pine timberland there in the Wiregrass Region of South Georgia, and established a sawmill and a village for his workers. Tift eventually expanded into turpentine and barrel-making operations, and turned his barren timberlands into farms for cotton, corn, livestock, fruit, tobacco, pecans and sweet potatoes. When the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway intersected the Brunswick and Western Railroad near Tift's mill in 1888, the settlement was connected to Atlanta an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce County, Georgia
Pierce County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,716. The county seat is Blackshear. Pierce County is part of the Waycross, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Pierce County is named for Franklin Pierce, fourteenth president of the United States. It was created December 18, 1857, from Appling and Ware counties. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (7.8%) is water. The northeastern third of Pierce County, bordered by a line from just west of Mershon to just south of Bristol, then south to just north of Blackshear, and then heading due east, is located in the Little Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys River-Satilla River basin. The southern two-thirds of the county is located in the Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys-Satilla River basin. Major highways * U.S. Highway 84 * State Route 15 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanier County, Georgia
Lanier County is a county in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. At the 2020 census, the population was 9,877. The county seat is Lakeland. It is named after Georgia poet Sidney Lanier. Lanier County is part of the Valdosta metropolitan area and shares Moody Air Force Base with Lowndes County on its western boundary. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (7.3%) is water. The vast majority of Lanier County is in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. Just a narrow section of the western border of the county, northeast and southeast of Ray City, is in the Withlacoochee River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin, and a very narrow section of the eastern border of Lanier County is in the Upper Suwannee River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin. Major highways * U.S. Route 84 * U.S. Route 129 * U.S. Route 221 * State Route 11 * State Route 11 Bypass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irwin County, Georgia
Irwin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,666. The county seat is Ocilla. The county was created on December 15, 1818. It was named for Governor Jared Irwin. In the last years of the American Civil War, Irwin County gained the nickname of the Republic of Irwin due to the Unionism of many of its residents. The location where Jefferson Davis was captured is located in Irwin County near Irwinville. History The territories of Appling, Irwin, and Early counties were land newly ceded in 1814 and 1818. These counties were created by a legislative act on December 15, 1818. All or portions of Irwin's five adjacent counties were created from Irwin county along with all of Cook, Colquitt, Lanier, Lowndes, counties and portions of Atkinson, Brooks, Echols, Wilcox, and Worth counties. Irwin was divided into 16 districts of 20 miles and 10 chains square with lots of 70 chains square containing 490 acres according to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echols County, Georgia
Echols County () is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,697. The county seat is Statenville. Since 2008, Statenville is a disincorporated municipality. Echols and Webster counties are the only two counties in Georgia to currently have no incorporated municipalities. The county was established in 1858 and named in honor of Robert Milner Echols (1798–1847). Echols County is part of the Valdosta, GA metropolitan statistical area. History On December 13, 1858, the Georgia General Assembly passed a bill establishing Echols County from a south-eastern section of Lowndes County and a south-western section Clinch County. The original borders of the county were a line from the mouth of the Suwanoochee Creek directly south to the state line, then along the state line, then north to the junction of Grand Bay Creek and Mud Swamp, then up the course of Grand Bay Creek to Carter's Ford, then a direct li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook County, Georgia
Cook County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,229. The county seat is Adel. The constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed July 30, 1918, and ratified November 5, 1918. It is named for former Civil War general Philip Cook of the Confederate States Army. Reed Bingham State Park is in Cook County. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.6%) is water. The western half of Cook County, located roughly west of Interstate 75, is located in the Little River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The eastern half of the county is located in the Withlacoochee River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin. Major highways * Interstate 75 * U.S. Route 41 * State Route 7 * State Route 37 * State Route 76 * State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75) Adjacent counties * Tift County (north) * Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coffee County, Georgia
Coffee 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 43,092, up from 42,356 at the 2010 census. The county seat is Douglas, Georgia, Douglas. Coffee County comprises the Douglas, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area, micropolitan statistical area. History Coffee County was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on February 9, 1854, from portions of Clinch County, Georgia, Clinch, Irwin County, Georgia, Irwin, Telfair County, Georgia, Telfair, and Ware County, Georgia, Ware counties. These lands were originally Cession, ceded by the Creek people, Creek in the Treaty of Fort Jackson in (1814) and the Treaty of the Creek Agency (1818) and apportioned to the above counties before becoming Coffee County. Berrien County, Georgia, Berrien (1856), Jeff Davis County, Georgia, Jeff Davis (1905), and Atkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinch County, Georgia
Clinch County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,749. The county seat is Homerville. The county was created on February 14, 1850, named in honor of Duncan Lamont Clinch. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.9%) is water. It is the fourth-largest county in Georgia by land area and third-largest by total area. Eastern and southeastern portions of the county lie within the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected areas. The vast majority of Clinch County is located in the Upper Suwannee River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin, with just a portion of the western and northwestern edge of the county, southwest and well northwest of Du Pont, located in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin. Major highways * U.S. Route 84 * U.S. Route 221 * U.S. Route 441 * State Route 31 * State Route 37 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
