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Cotton fields in the United States. The United States exports more cotton than any other country, though it ranks third in total production, behind China and India. [1] Almost all of the cotton fiber growth and production occurs in the Southern United States and the Western United States, dominated by Texas, California, Arizona, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
Cotton was originally called "Mapleton", and under the latter name was founded in 1899. [2] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1913 as the "Town of Cotton", with municipal corporate limits extending in a one-half mile radius from the central railroad depot. [3] The present name is after the local cotton growing industry. [2]
Prickly-ash, Toothache-tree: Limited to a few counties in the Piedmont and upper Coastal Plain: Least Concern: Rutaceae: Zanthoxylum clava-herculis L. [1]: 164–165 Hercules'-club, Toothache-tree: Restricted to coastal counties and Southwest Georgia. Least Concern: Anacardiaceae: Cotinus obovatus Raf. [1]: 166–167 Smoketree
Hurricane Helene shut at least two poultry plants in Georgia and North Carolina and twisted cotton crops in South Carolina in blows to U.S. food and fiber production, company and agriculture ...
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. [1] [2] [3]
In 1801, George Sibbald of Augusta donated a 9,301-acre (37.64 km 2) tract for a centrally located county seat for the growing agricultural community of Bulloch County. The area was developed by white planters largely for cotton plantations that were worked by black slave labor. In December 1803, the Georgia legislature created the town of ...
Pages in category "Cotton plantations in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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