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This is a list of the more than 2,000 properties and historic districts in the U.S. state of Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Listings are distributed across all of Georgia's 159 counties. Listings for the city of Atlanta are primarily in Fulton County's list but spill over into DeKalb County's list
November 7, 1973(#71000265) Macon 32°50′29″N83°38′16″W / 32.84130°N 83.63765°W / 32.84130; -83.63765 (Carmichael House) Bibb. Greek Revival house from the 1840s, with a spiral staircase in a central tower. 6. Central of Georgia Railroad Shops and Terminal. Central of Georgia Railroad Shops and Terminal. More images.
The map to the right shows the county boundaries for all 159 counties in Georgia. 149 of the 159 counties in the state are governed by a committee made of between three and eleven commissioners [5] while the other 10 counties are overseen by a single commissioner. All commissioners are elected by the voters of their county for terms that range ...
Southwest Georgia is a fourteen-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia, [ 1 ] bordering Alabama and Florida. Colloquially referred to as SOWEGA, the region is anchored by Albany —its most populous city and the region's sole metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 United States census, Southwest Georgia's population was 352,426.
Also, eight consolidated city-counties have been established in Georgia: Athens – Clarke County, Augusta – Richmond County, Columbus – Muscogee County, Georgetown – Quitman County, Statenville – Echols County, Macon – Bibb County, Cusseta – Chattahoochee County, and Preston - Webster County.
October 15, 1966 [1] Designated NHL. January 20, 1961 [2] Stallings Island is an archeological site with a large shell midden, located in the Savannah River near Augusta, Georgia. The site is the namesake for the Stallings culture of the Late Archaic period and for Stallings fiber- tempered pottery, the oldest known pottery in North America.
Southeast Georgia 's Lower Coastal Plain, often referred to as the "Coastal Empire", is a subregion that encompasses the lowest-lying areas of the Atlantic coastal plain in the state, containing barrier islands, marshes, and swampy lowlands, as well as flat plains and low terraces. [1] It differs from Georgia's Upper Coastal Plain in that it is ...
Lincoln County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,690. [1] The county seat is Lincolnton. [2] The county was created on February 20, 1796. Lincoln County is included in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA- SC metropolitan statistical area, the Savannah River ...