Amsterdam is an
unincorporated community
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 th ...
in
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Commodore (United States), Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr. (; January 5, 1779 – March 22, 1820) was a United States Navy of ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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.
History
Amsterdam had its start when the railroad was extended to that point. The community was named after
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
, the capital of the Netherlands. A post office called Amsterdam was established in 1903, and remained in operation until 1959.
References
Unincorporated communities in Decatur County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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