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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 .
Sumter County is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 29,616. [1] The county seat is Americus. [2] The county was created on December 26, 1831. Sumter County is part of the Americus micropolitan statistical area.
These resulted from filthy living conditions and poor sanitation. The only source of drinking water was a creek that also served as the camp's latrine. It was filled at all times with fecal matter from thousands of sick and dying men. Even when sufficient quantities of supplies were available, they were of poor quality and inadequately prepared.
Savannah-based Water Utility Management, a private company that supplies drinking water to 32,000 homes in 17 Georgia counties, pushed lawmakers to pass the bill.
"I've always known we wanted to do something with the place," says Jess McNeill, who is the sixth generation to live in the Americus, Georgia, farmhouse first purchased by his ancestors in 1853 ...
Schley County (/ s l aɪ / SLY) [1] is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 U.S. census, its population was 4,547. [2] The county seat is Ellaville. [3] Schley County is part of the Americus, GA micropolitan statistical area. It is named in honor of Governor William Schley. [1]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 367 square miles (950 km 2), of which 366 square miles (950 km 2) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km 2) (0.4%) is water. [ 4 ] The southern half of Marion County, roughly south of Buena Vista , is located in the Kinchafoonee - Muckalee sub-basin of the ACF River Basin ...
Smithville is located in northwestern Lee County at (31.902073, -84.255336 It is bordered to the north by the Sumter County line.. U.S. Route 19 runs through the west side of the city, leading south 12 miles (19 km) to Leesburg, the Lee county seat, and north 13 miles (21 km) to Americus.