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The Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) is an unofficial trading and marketing region in the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina, spanning thirteen counties in Georgia [1] [2] and seven in South Carolina. [3] The term was coined in 1950 by C.C. McCollum, the winner of a $250 contest held by The Augusta Chronicle to generate the best name ...
Aiken is the most populous city in, and the county seat of, Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. [9] [10] According to 2020 census, the population was 32,025, [11] making it the 15th-most populous city in South Carolina, and one of the two largest cities of the Central Savannah River Area.
Augusta, Georgia was first used by Native Americans as a place to cross the Savannah River because of Augusta's location on the Fall Line. In 1736, two years after James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, he sent a detachment of troops on a journey up the Savannah River. He gave them an order to build at the head of the navigable part of the river. [1]
The system, which could bring flash floods and gusts as high as 40 mph to central South Carolina and parts of the central Savannah River area, is expected to move through the region beginning ...
It lies directly across the river, and state border, from Augusta, Georgia. The population was 24,379 at the 2020 census, making it the 21st-most populous city in South Carolina. [5] The city is included in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) and is part of the Augusta, Georgia, metropolitan area.
The National Weather Service is warning residents of the Midlands to be prepared for rain, strong winds this weekend.
Burke County is located within the CSRA (the Central Savannah River Area). During the antebellum period, it was developed by slave labor for large cotton plantations. The county was majority African American in population in this period, as slaveholders wanted high numbers of slaves for laborers to cultivate and process cotton.
The Augusta-Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) Vietnam War Veterans Memorial is a granite and bronze monument placed in Augusta, Georgia, March 29, 2019, to honor the CSRA's 169 Vietnam War dead, three Ex-Prisoners of War (Vietnam), and one former Missing in Action (MIA) as well as the region's 15,000 surviving Vietnam War Veterans.