Augusta may refer to:

Places

Australia

Augusta, Western Australia Augusta is a town on the south-west coast of Western Australia, where the Blackwood River flows into Flinders Bay. It is the nearest town to Cape Leeuwin, on the furthest southwest corner of the Australian continent. In the it had a populatio ...

Brazil

* Rua Augusta (São Paulo)

Canada

Augusta, Ontario Augusta Township is a township in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, located in eastern Ontario, Canada. Augusta is situated along the St. Lawrence River, and extends back into rural hamlets. The township is located between the city of ...

* North Augusta, Ontario *

Augusta Street (Hamilton, Ontario) Augusta Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. A two-way collector road that starts off on James Street South and ends 4-blocks East at ''Shamrock Park'' just past ''Walnut Street South''. History Augusta Street, lan ...

France

Augusta Suessionum Augusta Suessionum was the civitas capital of the Suessiones, a Belgic tribe dwelling in the modern Aisne and Oise regions. Today known as Soissons, the Roman city was founded during the reign of Augustus around 20 BC near their central oppidum ...

("Augusta of the Suessii"), Soissons *

Augusta Viromanduorum Augusta Viromanduorum is an ancient Gallo-Roman settlement, corresponding to the modern city of Saint-Quentin (Aisne, Hauts-de-France). Name The settlement is mentioned as ''Au̓goústa Ou̓iromandúōn'' () by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), ''Augusta Ver ...

("Augusta of the Viromandui"), Saint-Quentin

Germany

Augusta Treverorum Augusta Treverorum (Latin for "City of Augustus in the Land of the Treveri") was a Ancient Rome, Roman city on the Moselle River, from which modern Trier emerged. The date of the city's founding is placed between the construction of the first Rom ...

("Augusta of the Treveri") or Trier *

Augusta Vangionum Worms (; ) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, situated on the Upper Rhine about south-southwest of Frankfurt am Main. It had about 84,646 inhabitants . A pre-Roman foundation, Worms is one of the oldest cities in northern Europe. It ...

("Augusta of the Vangiones") or Worms *

Augusta Vindelicorum Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and the regional seat of the Swabia with a well preserved Altstadt (historical city centre). Augsburg ...

("Augusta of the Vindelici") or Augsburg

Italy

Augusta, Sicily Augusta (, archaically ''Agosta''; ; Ancient Greek, Greek and , Medieval: ''Augusta'') is a town and in the province of Syracuse, Italy, Syracuse, located on the eastern coast of Sicily (southern Italy). The city is one of the main harbours in ...

* Augusta Praetoria Salassorum ("Praetorian Augusta of the Salassi") or Aosta *

Augusta Taurinorum Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

("Augusta of the Taurini") or Turin *

Perugia Perugia ( , ; ; ) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. It has 162,467 ...

or ''Augusta Perusia''

Spain

Emerita Augusta Augusta Emerita, also called Emerita Augusta, was a Roman '' colonia'' founded in 25 BC in present day Mérida, Spain. The city was founded by Roman Emperor Augustus to resettle Emeriti soldiers from the veteran legions of the Cantabrian Wars ...

, Mérida, Spain * Caesar Augusta,

Zaragoza Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the ...

, Spain

United States

Augusta, Arkansas Augusta, officially the City of Augusta, is a city in Woodruff County, Arkansas, United States, located on the east bank of the White River. The population was 1,998 as of the 2020 Census. The city is the county seat of Woodruff County. Hist ...

Augusta Charter Township, Michigan Augusta Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,083 at the 2020 census. Communities * Eaton Mills is a historic community located within the township. It was originally ...

Augusta County, Virginia Augusta County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The second-largest county of Virginia by total area, it completely surrounds the independent cities of Staunton and ...

Augusta, Georgia Augusta is a city on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies directly across the Savannah River from North Augusta, South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Augusta, the third mos ...

Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club, sometimes referred to as Augusta National, Augusta, or the National, is a golf club in Augusta, Georgia, United States. It is known for hosting the annual Masters Tournament. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Rob ...

("Augusta"), home of the Masters Tournament *

Augusta, Illinois Augusta is a village in southeast Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 553 at the 2020 census. It is located near Weinberg-King State Park. Geography Augusta is located in southeastern Hancock County at (40.230946, - ...

Augusta, Indiana Augusta is an unincorporated community in Lockhart Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan ...

Augusta, Indianapolis, Indiana Augusta is a neighborhood in Pike Township, Marion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It was formerly a small village that later had a post office and general stores. History Augusta was settled when the Michigan Road was completed. It b ...

Augusta, Kansas Augusta is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 9,256. It is located east of Wichita along U.S. Route 54 / 400 highway. History 19th century The confluence of the Whitewater ...

Augusta, Kentucky Augusta is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in Bracken County, Kentucky, Bracken County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is located upon the southern bank of the Ohio River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the ...

Augusta, Maine Augusta is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Maine. The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 United States census, making it the List of cities in Maine, 12th-most populous city in Maine, and third ...

(capital city of Maine) *

Augusta, Michigan Augusta is a village in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 885 at the 2010 census. The village is mostly within Ross Township, though a small portion extends south into Charleston Township. Augusta is situat ...

Augusta, Minnesota Augusta is an unincorporated community in Carver County, Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north ...

Augusta, Missouri Augusta is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. The population was 270 at the 2020 census, up from 253 at the 2010 census. The city has wineries, antique shops, restaurants, B&B's, a wood shop, a glass studio, massage therapy ...

Augusta AVA The Augusta AVA was established on June 20, 1980 as the first federally approved American Viticultural Area, eight months before the Napa Valley AVA in Northern California. The petition was submitted by Clayton W. Byers and Lucian W. Dressel, ...

, a viticultural area *

Augusta, Montana Augusta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States. The population was 309 at the 2010 census and rose to 316 in the 2020 census. The most accepted version in the naming of ...

Augusta, New Jersey Augusta is an unincorporated community located within Frankford Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07822 was 887. ...

* Augusta, New York * Augusta Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota *

Augusta, West Virginia Augusta is an unincorporated community in central Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the ...

Augusta, Wisconsin Augusta is a city in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,567 at the 2020 census, up from 1,550 at the 2010 census. The city is bordered by the Town of Bridge Creek. History Augusta was formerly called Ridge Creek ...

Fort Augusta Fort Augusta was a stronghold in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the upper Susquehanna Valley from the time of the French and Indian War to the close of the American Revolution. At the time, it was the largest British fort in Pennsylvan ...

, Pennsylvania * Mount Augusta, Alaska *

North Augusta, South Carolina North Augusta is a city in Aiken and Edgefield counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina, on the north bank of the Savannah River. It lies directly across the river, and state border, from Augusta, Georgia. The population was 24,379 at the ...

St. Augusta, Minnesota Saint Augusta or St. Augusta, formerly named Ventura, is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, Stearns County, Minnesota, United States, directly south of the city of St. Cloud, Minnesota, St. Cloud. The population was 3,497 at the 2020 United S ...

Sipapu Bridge Sipapu Bridge is a natural bridge or arch located in the Natural Bridges National Monument in central San Juan County, Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. I ...

, Utah, formerly named as 'Augusta'

Elsewhere

* Augusta Euphratensis, Late Roman and Byzantine province in Syrian region *

Augusta Raurica Augusta Raurica is a Roman archaeological site and an open-air museum in Switzerland located on the south bank of the Rhine river about 20 km east of Basel near the villages of Augst and Kaiseraugst. It is the site of the oldest known Ro ...

("Rauric Augusta"), Kaiseraugst (Augst), Switzerland *

Augusta Traiana Stara Zagora (, ) is a city in Bulgaria, and the administrative capital of Stara Zagora Province. It is located in the Upper Thracian Plain, near the cities of Kazanlak, Plovdiv, and Sliven. Its population is 121,582 making it the sixth largest c ...

("Trajan Augusta"), Stara Zagora, Bulgaria *

Bracara Augusta Braga (; ) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality had a resident population of 201,583 inhabitants (in 2023), representing t ...

, Braga, Portugal *

Isca Augusta Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or ''vicus'', the remains of which lie beneath parts of the present-day suburban town of Caerleon in the north of the city of ...

("Augustan Isca"), Caerleon, Wales *

Londinium Londinium, also known as Roman London, was the capital of Roman Britain during most of the period of Roman rule. Most twenty-first century historians think that it was originally a settlement established shortly after the Roman conquest of Brit ...

(former name Augusta), London, England *

Lastovo Lastovo () is an archipelago municipality in Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia. The municipality consists of 46 islands with a total population of 792 people, of which 94.7% are ethnic Croats, and a land area of approximately . ''Lastovo Munic ...

(former name Augusta), a Croatian island *

Empress Augusta Bay Empress Augusta Bay is a bay on the western side of the island of Bougainville Island, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in northeastern Papua New Guinea. It is a subsistence fishing area for the people of Bougainville. History ...

, Bougainville Island

People

Augusta (honorific) Augusta may refer to: Places Australia * Augusta, Western Australia Brazil * Rua Augusta (São Paulo) Canada * Augusta, Ontario * North Augusta, Ontario * Augusta Street (Hamilton, Ontario) France * Augusta Suessionum ("Augusta of the Su ...

, a title used for the Empresses of the Roman and Byzantine Empires * Augusta (name), a given name and surname

Roman roads

Via Augusta The ''Via Augusta'' (also known as the ''Via Herculea'' or ''Via Exterior'') was the longest and busiest of the major roads built by the Romans in ancient Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula). According to historian Pierre Sillières, who has supe ...

Via Claudia Augusta The Via Claudia Augusta is an ancient Roman road, which linked the valley of the Po River with Rhaetia (encompassing parts of modern Eastern Switzerland, Northern Italy, Western Austria, Southern Germany and all of Liechtenstein) across the Alp ...

Science

* 254 Augusta, an asteroid ** Augusta family, an asteroid family * ''Augusta'', a monotypic spider genus in the family Araneidae with the only species ''

Augusta glyphica ''Augusta glyphica'' is the only species in the monotypic spider genus ''Augusta'', which is endemic to Madagascar. The genus name is taken from the Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic bran ...

'' * ''Augusta'' (plant), a genus in the family Rubiaceae *'' Ponera augusta'', a species of ant

Ships

* USS ''Augusta'', U.S. Navy ships named ''Augusta'' * HMS ''Augusta'', Royal Navy ships named ''Augusta'' * ''Princess Augusta'' (ship), a British ship wrecked in 1738 * ''Augusta'' (lifeboat), a lifeboat, Sheringham, Norfolk, England

Other uses

Augusta Apartment Building The Augusta Apartment Building, along with the Louisa Apartment Building, are historic structures located in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. Washington architect Arthur B. Heaton designed both buildings, which were built a year apart ...

, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C., US * ''

Augustan History The ''Historia Augusta'' (English: ''Augustan History'') is a late Roman collection of biographies, written in Latin, of the Roman emperors, their junior colleagues, designated heirs and usurpers from 117 to 284. Supposedly modeled on the sim ...

'' (Latin: ''Historia Augusta''), a half-mockumentary biography of the Roman emperors of the 1st and 2nd century *

Augusta Heritage Festival Augusta Heritage Center Summer Workshops is a music and heritage festival held by the Augusta Heritage Center, each summer since 1977 at, Elkins, West Virginia, Elkins, West Virginia. Over 50 years old, this three week festival covers music, dance ...

, a festival in West Virginia, US *

Legio II Augusta Legio II Augusta ( Second Legion "Augustus'") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army that was founded during the late Roman Republic. Its emblems were the Capricornus, Pegasus, and Mars. It may have taken the name "''Augusta''" from a victory ...

, a Roman legion * ''Augusta'' (album), by Willie Nelson and Don Cherry * Lancia Augusta, an automobile * Augusta (grape), an Italian grape variety * ''

The Augustas ''The Augustas'' (filmed in the 1930s and the 1940s) is a home movie made by Scott Nixon, a traveling insurance agent from Augusta, Georgia and an avid member of the Amateur Cinema League who enjoyed recording his life and travels on film. It las ...

'', a homemade movie about towns named "Augusta"