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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 .
Americus is also home to two colleges. Georgia Southwestern State University , a public four-year institution established in 1906, is part of the University System of Georgia . South Georgia Technical College , which stands near Souther Field , was a training base for American and British aviators during World War I (1917–18).
Pages in category "People from Americus, Georgia" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Americus Vespucius Rice (1835–1904), American politician, banker, and businessman; Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512) Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer whose first name was Americus in Latin; Saint Emeric of Hungary (died 1031), also known as Saint Americus or Emeric, a Hungarian prince; Americus Symmes (1811–1896), son of John Cleves ...
In 1879, the Americus Recorder began as a tri-weekly publication owned by Merrel Callaway. The Americus Recorder was a competitor of the Sumter Republican newspaper at this time. A few years later, Calloway sold his interest in the Americus Recorder and the Americus Times was then officially established in 1890.
WDEC-FM (94.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. It is licensed to Americus, Georgia, United States.The station is owned by Sumter Broadcasting Co., Inc. and features programming from ABC Radio, NBC News Radio, and Motor Racing Network.
Before the merger, Americus High School won state championships in football in 1962, 1965, 1974, 1975, 2000, and 2001. NFL player Leonard Pope was a member of the championship teams in 2000 and 2001. Former NFL coaches Chan Gailey and Dan Reeves are graduates and former football players at Americus High. The superintendent is Walter Knighton.
It was an example of a major architectural movement, summed up in a tiny historical event. In 1917, the congregation of Calvary Episcopal Church in Americus, Georgia, moved their decaying "Carpenter Gothic" church off its site to make room for a new church by Ralph Adams Cram, who was arguably the leading ecclesiastical architect in America.