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Americus is the county seat of Sumter County, Georgia, United States. [4] As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 16,230. It is the principal city of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area , a micropolitan area that covers Schley and Sumter counties [ 5 ] and had a combined population of 36,966 at the 2000 census .
[2] Name on the Register Image Date listed [3] Location City or town Description 1: Americus Historic District: Americus Historic District: January 1, 1976 (Irregular pattern along Lee St. with extensions to Dudley St., railroad tracks, Rees Park, and Glessner St.; also E. Church St. and Oak Grove Cemetery
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
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The Americus micropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Georgia, anchored by the city of Americus. At the 2000 census , the μSA had a population of 36,966 (though a July 1, 2009, estimate placed the population at 36,409).
The Lake Blackshear Headquarters Library is located in Americus. The system is also home to the second oldest Carnegie library in Georgia, located in Cordele. [2] LBRLS is a member of PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that covers 53 library systems in 143 counties of Georgia. [3]
The Simpson Plantation, also known as Liberty Hall, is a historic plantation southeast of Americus, Georgia on South Lee Street. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 25, 1980. [1] It is a two-story frame building 50 feet (15 m) by 36 feet (11 m) in plan, built c. 1861.
A Detroit mom has been charged with murder after "smothering" and choking her 9-year-old son to death, burying him in a backyard grave and then skipping town, according to prosecutors.