Chatham County (/ ˈ tʃ æ t ə m / CHAT-əm) is located in the U.S. state of Georgia, on the state's Atlantic coast. The county seat and largest city is Savannah.One of the original counties of Georgia, Chatham County was created February 5, 1777, and is named after William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.. The U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 population estimate for Chatham County was …

U.S. Route 17 or U.S. Highway 17 (US 17), also known as the Coastal Highway, is a north–south United States Highway that spans in the southeastern United States.It runs close to the Atlantic Coast for much of its length, with the exception of the portion between Punta Gorda and Jacksonville, Florida, and the portion from Fredericksburg to Winchester, Virginia, both of …

Savannah (/səˈvænə/) è un comune (city) degli Stati Uniti d'America e capoluogo della contea di Chatham nello Stato della Georgia.La popolazione era di 136 286 abitanti al censimento del 2010, il che la rende la quinta città più popolosa dello stato.Fondata nel 1733 sul fiume omonimo, la città di Savannah divenne la capitale della provincia della Georgia della colonia britannica e …

The Albany, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of five counties – Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, and Worth – in southwest Georgia, anchored by the City of Albany.As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 157,832 (though a March 31, 2022 estimate placed the population at 146,961).

North Georgia College and State University began in 1873 as North Georgia Agricultural College.It was originally an offsite branch of the University of Georgia's College of Agriculture and Mechanical, and was created with funds from the Morrill Act. William Pierce Price, a local congressman, persuaded officials at UGA to use part of the funds to establish a branch of the …

Mercer House (now called Mercer Williams House Museum) is located at 429 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia. Completed in 1868, it occupies the southwestern civic block of Monterey Square.. The house was the scene of the 1981 shooting death of Danny Hansford by the home's owner, Jim Williams, a story that is retold in the 1994 John Berendt book Midnight in the …

Quitman is a city in and the county seat of Brooks County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,850 at the 2010 census. The Quitman Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.. Quitman was a home of James Pierpont, author of the song "Jingle Bells" (1857), and uncle of American financier J.P. Morgan.Pierpont was organist for the First …

Savannah Town, South Carolina is a defunct settlement that was located in the colonial years on the Savannah River below the Fall Line in present-day Aiken County.In the 1670s the Westo had a village here, but they were displaced by the Savannah (as the English called a local Shawnee band) in a trade war, and it became known by 1685 as Savannah Town. The English …

The University System of Georgia (USG) is the government agency that includes 26 public institutions of higher learning in the U.S. state of Georgia.The system is governed by the Georgia Board of Regents.It sets goals and dictates general policy to educational institutions as well as administering the Public Library Service of the state which includes 58 public library systems.

Joseph E. Brown, the wartime governor of Georgia, was a resident of Union County, having moved there from western South Carolina. Brown was an ardent secessionist and a defender of slavery, but was a controversial southern governor, a north Georgian never fully accepted by the plantation class but still popular with the common white Georgians ...

Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski herbu Ślepowron (ur. 4 marca lub 6 marca 1745 w Warszawie, zm. 11 października 1779 pod Savannah) – bohater walk o wolność dwóch narodów, polskiego i amerykańskiego, jeden z dowódców i marszałek konfederacji barskiej, generał i bohater wojny o niepodległość USA, wolnomularz.Nazywany „ojcem amerykańskiej kawalerii”.

Habersham County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,041. The county seat is Clarkesville. The county was created on December 15, 1817, and named for Colonel Joseph Habersham of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War.. Habersham County comprises the Cornelia, GA Micropolitan …

Summerville was founded in 1838 as the seat of the newly formed Chattooga County. It was incorporated as a town in 1839 and as a city in 1909. Summerville was named from the fact it was a popular summer resort. The city thrived in the late 1880s with the construction of the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad (later part of the Central of Georgia system).

Walker County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,654, down from 68,756 in 2010. The county seat is LaFayette. The county was created on December 18, 1833, from land formerly belonging to the Cherokee Indian Nation.. Walker County is part of the Chattanooga TN/GA Metropolitan …