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The Augusta metropolitan area, officially the Augusta-Richmond County metropolitan statistical area according to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Census Bureau and other agencies, is a metropolitan statistical area centered on the city of Augusta, Georgia.
While slavery was originally banned in the colony by James Oglethorpe, [3] it soon became an integral part of Georgia's history. [4] Under Georgia's new constitution, a new political structure was laid out in 1777; Augusta's parish government was replaced by a county government, Richmond County, named after the Duke of Richmond.
Richmond County was established in 1777 by the first Constitution of the (newly independent) State of Georgia. As such, it is one of the original counties of the state. It was formed from a portion of the colonial Parish of St. Paul after the Revolution disestablished the Church of England in the (former) Royal Province of Georgia.
The Masters: golf, money, and power in Augusta, Georgia (Villard Books, 1999) online. Souther, J. Mark. "Making 'The Garden City of the South': Beautification, Preservation, and Downtown Planning in Augusta, Georgia." Journal of Planning History 20.2 (2021): 87-116 online. Werner, Randolph D. "The New South Creed and the Limits of Radicalism ...
Map of Georgia with Richmond County highlighted. This is a list of properties and districts in Richmond County, Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Augusta-Richmond was formed by merger of the independent city of Augusta, Georgia and Richmond County, Georgia.
Martinez (/ ˌ m ɑːr t ɪ ˈ n ɛ z / MARTIN-EZ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, Georgia, United States. It is a northwestern suburb of Augusta and is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. The population was 34,535 at the 2020 census.
A Georgia Tech professor interprets greenhouse gas emissions data for Augusta and offers tips to reduce it. Data shows greenhouse gas emissions in Augusta on par with similar cities, but still a ...
1833 - Charleston-Augusta railway begins operating. 1836 - Broad Street fire. [6] 1837 Georgia Railroad (Augusta-Berzelia) begins operating. [1] Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel newspaper begins publication. [3] [10] 1840 - Yellow fever epidemic. [1] 1845 - Southern Baptist Convention founded at a meeting in Augusta. [2] 1847 - Augusta Canal built ...