Georgia is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina; to the northeast by South Carolina; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by Florida; and to the west by Alabama.Georgia is the 24th-largest in area and 8th-most populous of the 50 United States.Its 2020 population was 10,711,908, according to …

The history of Georgia in the United States of America spans pre-Columbian time to the present-day U.S. state of Georgia.The area was inhabited by Native American tribes for thousands of years. A modest Spanish presence was established in the late 16th century, mostly centered on Catholic missions. The Spanish had largely withdrawn from the territory by the early 18th …

Thomas Spalding (1774 – 1851), U.S. Congressman, state legislator, and agriculturalist 58,417: 198 sq mi (513 km 2) Stephens County: 257: Toccoa: 1905: Franklin and Habersham Counties: Alexander Stephens (1812 – 83), a U.S. Congressman, the Governor of Georgia, and the first and only Vice President of the Confederate States of America ...