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  2. Geography of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Georgia has almost eight million acres (32,000 km 2) of prime farmland while over 60% of the land is made up of pine forests. Georgia has 70,150 miles (112,900 km) of streams and rivers, 425,000 acres (1,720 km 2) of lakes, and approximately 4,500,000 acres (18,000 km 2) of freshwater wetlands. Manganese, iron, copper, and other minerals make ...

  3. List of counties in Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Georgia is the only state that still allows sole commissioner county government. As of 2021, seven of the state's 159 counties operate under that system. During the 2022 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly began considering reducing the number of counties in the state. [5]

  4. Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia

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    The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to survey land ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, following the end of the ...

  5. List of plantations in Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Plantation house that Margaret Mitchell based Tara off of in Gone With the Wind. 75000575. Mulberry Grove Plantation. July 17, 1975. Port Wentworth. Chatham. Former plantation of Nathanael Greene. Location where Eli Whitney conceived the cotton gin. 80000979.

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Georgia

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    NRHP count and density by county Georgia counties. The following are tallies of current listings by county. [a]Atkinson County Courthouse Ben Hill County Jail Ocmulgee National Monument, in Bibb County, Georgia Brooks County Courthouse Fort Pulaski, in Chatham County Rosenberg Brothers Department Store, in Dougherty County Georgia State Capitol, in Fulton County Haralson County Courthouse ...

  7. Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the northwest, North Carolina to the north, South Carolina to the northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, Florida to the south, and Alabama to the west. Of the 50 United States, Georgia is the 24th-largest by ...

  8. Assessor's parcel number - Wikipedia

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    Assessor's parcel number. An assessor's parcel number, or APN, is a number assigned to parcels of real property by the tax assessor of a particular jurisdiction for purposes of identification and record-keeping. The assigned number is unique within the particular jurisdiction, and may conform to certain formatting standards that convey basic ...

  9. List of FIPS codes for Georgia - Wikipedia

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    This is the list of FIPS codes for Georgia — FIPS codes for each county in the state. - Weatheradios with WRSAME can also use these codes (prefixed with a 0). 13000 - Georgia (entire state) 13001 - Appling County. 13003 - Atkinson County. 13005 - Bacon County.