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Lake Oconee is a reservoir in central Georgia, United States, on the Oconee River near Greensboro and Eatonton. It was created in 1979 when Georgia Power completed the construction of the Wallace Dam on the Oconee River. Lake Oconee runs through Georgia's Morgan, Greene, and Putnam counties and is separated from its sister lake, Sinclair, by ...
Next to Putnam General Hospital, the two routes diverge. About 1 mile (1.6 km) later, SR 44 leaves town. It crosses over Lick Creek on the Tom C. Hallman Memorial Bridge. A short distance later is a bridge over the Oconee River into Greene County. To the northeast is an interchange with Interstate 20 (I-20) in Greensboro.
The Dyar site is an archaeological site in Greene County, Georgia, in the north central Piedmont physiographical region. [1] The site covers an area of 2.5 hectares. [2] It was inhabited almost continuously from 1100 to 1600 by a local variation of the Mississippian culture known as the South Appalachian Mississippian culture.
The Oconee River passes through the Oconee National Forest into Lake Oconee, a man made lake, near the towns of Madison and Greensboro off Interstate 20. From Lake Oconee, the river travels to Lake Sinclair, another manmade lake near Milledgeville, the town founded on Georgia's Fall Line and former state capital. South of Milledgeville, the ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Greensboro has a total area of 6.8 square miles (17.6 km 2), of which 6.7 square miles (17.4 km 2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km 2), or 0.99%, is water. [7] The city is in the Oconee River watershed and is located 5 miles (8 km) east of Lake Oconee and 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Oconee National Forest.
It is a tributary to the Oconee River within Lake Oconee. [2] Richland Creek was so named from the rich farmland along its course. [3] References
Lake Oconee Academy (LOA) is a K–12 charter school in the Greene County School District in Greensboro, Georgia, United States. The school opened in 2007. LOA's school colors are white, gold, and blue. For the 2016–2017 school year, enrollment was 815 students in pre-kindergarten through 11th grade.
The Oconee National Forest is almost halfway between Macon and Athens. There are two major man-made lakes within the boundaries of the Oconee Ranger District, both on the Oconee River. Lake Sinclair lends its water and name to Lake Sinclair Recreation Area in Putnam County. This is the major recreation area of the Oconee Ranger District and ...