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West Georgia is a sixteen-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia, bordering Alabama. [1] Encompassing a portion of the Southern Rivers, West Georgia is anchored by Columbus, the state's second-largest city by population; its metropolitan statistical area, as of 2020, was Georgia's fourth-most populous metropolitan area.
According to the 2010 United States census, Georgia was the 8th most populous state with 9,688,681 inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning 57,513.49 square miles (148,959.3 km 2) of land. [1] Georgia is divided into 159 counties and contains 535 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, consolidated city-counties, and ...
Deliverance (1972) is set in a north Georgia county marked on the sheriff's car as Aintry. Diggstown (1992) takes place in the fictional Olivair County, Georgia. Gator (1976) takes place in the fictional Dunston County, Georgia. Ghost Fever (1987) takes place in the fictional Greendale County, Georgia.
In common with the remainder of the state, West Central Georgia's racial and ethnic makeup in each county was predominantly non-Hispanic white and African American. According to the 2020 Association of Religion Data Archives study, Christianity was the region's largest religion, and the majority of the population were Protestants affiliated ...
Carrollton is a city in and the county seat of Carroll County, Georgia, United States. [4] It is within western Georgia, about 45 miles (72 km) west of Atlanta near the Alabama state line, and is included in the Atlanta metropolitan area. It is the home of the University of West Georgia and West Georgia Technical College. In 2020, the city had ...
a tobacco town that was the third largest city in Georgia between 1800 and 1810. [24] Recovery: Decatur: Roanoke: Stewart: 1836 Raided by Creek Indians in 1836 and never rebuilt. [25] Rollo: Crawford: early 1800s An industry town for the Atlanta Sand & Supply Company. [5] San Barnard: Worth: the county seat in the 1850s. [26] Scull Shoals: Greene
Knoxville, Georgia was established on the Federal Road, the main stagecoach route from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans, making the town a natural choice for county seat. Although the chief center of population is now Roberta, a mile to its west, Knoxville (no longer an incorporated city) retains its designation as the county seat.
Northwest Georgia is a region of the state of Georgia in the United States. [1] It includes 12 counties (listed in the section below), which at the 2010 census had a combined population of 753,032. Northwest Georgia includes some of the southernmost portions of the Appalachian Mountains , as opposed to Northeast Georgia , which holds the ...