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Lowndes County (/ ˈlaʊndz /) is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 118,251. [1] The county seat is Valdosta. [2] The county was created December 23, 1825. Lowndes County is included in the Valdosta metropolitan statistical area.
Rear or side view of the Lowndes County Courthouse. Lowndes County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse building in Valdosta, Georgia. It was designed by Frank P. Milburn and completed in 1905. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. It is located at Central and Ashley streets.
In 1957, voters in Lowndes County approved an $800,000 bond issue and the board got assistance from the State of Georgia for the construction of a new high school. Lowndes County High School opened in 1959 in the southern portion of the county below Valdosta, serving a totally white enrollment of 671 students.
Other courts, including county recorder's courts, civil courts and other agencies in existence on June 30, 1983, may continue with the same jurisdiction until otherwise provided by law. [12] Each county in Georgia has at least one superior court, magistrate court, probate court, and where needed a state court and a juvenile court; in the ...
The United States District Court for the District of Georgia was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. [1] The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by 9 Stat. 280.
September 12, 2024 at 3:14 PM. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia judge on Thursday dismissed two criminal counts in the U.S. state's 2020 election interference case against Republican presidential ...
On January 11, 2013, the body of Kendrick Johnson (October 10, 1995 – January 10, 2013) was discovered inside a vertical rolled-up mat in the gymnasium of Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, United States, where he was a student. [1][2][3][4] After a preliminary investigation and autopsy concluded that Johnson's death was accidental ...
Early life. Born Jo Ann Gibson, [1] near Culloden, Georgia, on April 17, 1912, [2] she was the youngest of twelve children. [3] Her parents were Owen Boston and Dollie Webb Gibson, who had owned a farm. [1] Her father died when Robinson was only 6 years old. After her father's death, Robinson, her mother, and her eleven other siblings moved to ...