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Georgia (U.S. state)
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Georgia is a state in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1733, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies, named after King George II of Great Britain, Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2,1788. It declared its secession from the Union on January 19,1861 and it was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15,1870. Georgia is the 24th largest and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States, from 2007 to 2008,14 of Georgias counties ranked among the nations 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South, Atlanta is the states capital, its most populous city and has been named a global city. Georgia is bordered to the south by Florida, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina, to the west by Alabama, the states northern part is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains system. Georgias highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,784 feet above sea level, Georgia is the largest state entirely east of the Mississippi River in land area. Before settlement by Europeans, Georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures, the British colony of Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12,1733. The colony was administered by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America under a charter issued by King George II. The Trustees implemented a plan for the colonys settlement, known as the Oglethorpe Plan. In 1742 the colony was invaded by the Spanish during the War of Jenkins Ear, in 1752, after the government failed to renew subsidies that had helped support the colony, the Trustees turned over control to the crown. Georgia became a colony, with a governor appointed by the king. The Province of Georgia was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution by signing the 1776 Declaration of Independence, the State of Georgias first constitution was ratified in February 1777. Georgia was the 10th state to ratify the Articles of Confederation on July 24,1778, in 1829, gold was discovered in the North Georgia mountains, which led to the Georgia Gold Rush and an established federal mint in Dahlonega, which continued its operation until 1861. The subsequent influx of white settlers put pressure on the government to land from the Cherokee Nation. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, sending many eastern Native American nations to reservations in present-day Oklahoma, including all of Georgias tribes. Despite the Supreme Courts ruling in Worcester v. Georgia that ruled U. S. states were not permitted to redraw the Indian boundaries, President Jackson and the state of Georgia ignored the ruling. In 1838, his successor, Martin Van Buren, dispatched troops to gather the Cherokee
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Colquitt, Georgia
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Colquitt is a city in Miller County, in the southwestern portion of the U. S. state of Georgia. The population was 1,939 at the 2000 census, Colquitt is the county seat of Miller County, a role it has held since just after Miller County was created by the Georgia Legislature in 1856. The city formally incorporated on December 19,1860, and is Miller Countys only incorporated municipality, congressman and Senator, Walter Terry Colquitt. The Colquitt Town Square Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, Colquitt is located at 31°10′23″N 84°43′43″W. The city is located along U. S. Route 27, Georgia State Route 45, Colquitt is located approximately 90 mi south of Columbus,44 mi southwest of Albany, and 57 mi northwest of Tallahassee, Florida. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 8.3 square miles. There are two Colquitt Theatres in Colquitt, Georgia, The Cotton Hall Theatre is located in a cotton warehouse at 158 East Main Street. It is home to Swamp Gravy, the Official Folk Life Play of Georgia, the show is produced by the Colquitt-Miller Arts Council, using upwards of sixty volunteer actors and a professional production crew. Hunter Theatre, formerly the Colquitt Theatre, is located on North 1st Street in the Hunter Building and it has undergone a renovation in recent years. In December 2003, the musical play A Southern Christmas Carol by award-winning playwright Rob Lauer, featuring a New York City-based cast of professional actors, the show was a critical and box-office success. The show was presented at Cotton Hall again in 2004 and 2005—attracting Holiday season tourists to Colquitt from throughout the south-eastern U. S. A Southern Christmas Carol has, in the years since, become an increasing popular Holiday season show that is produced by theatres throughout the south-eastern United States, Colquitt was named Georgias First Mural City by the state legislature, and hosted the Global Mural Conference in 2010. Colquitt is a stop on the Trail of the Whispering Giants, as of the 2010 United States Census, there were 1,992 people residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 50. 4% White,45. 9% Black,0. 2% Native American,1. 0% Asian and 0. 7% from two or more races,2. 0% were Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,939 people,772 households, the population density was 235.0 people per square mile. There were 868 housing units at a density of 105.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 55. 65% White,43. 63% African American,0. 26% Native American,0. 05% Asian,0. 05% from other races, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 31% of the population. 32. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 18. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.92
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Georgia's 2nd congressional district
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Georgias 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U. S. state of Georgia. The first election using the new boundaries were the 2012 congressional elections. One of the largest districts by size, it comprises much of the portion of the state of Georgia. Much of the district is rural, although the district has a number of cities and medium-sized towns, such as Albany, Americus, Bainbridge. The district is also the historic and current home of President Jimmy Carter, the district is one of the most consistently Democratic in the country, as Democrats have held the seat since 1875. As of May 2015, there are two members of the U. S. House of Representatives from Georgias 2nd congressional district who are currently living at this time. Georgias congressional districts List of United States congressional districts Martis, Kenneth C, the Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present PDF map of Georgias 2nd district at nationalatlas. gov Georgias 2nd district at GovTrack. us
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ACF River Basin
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The ACF River Basin is the drainage basin, or watershed, of the A Apalachicola River, C Chattahoochee River, and F Flint River, in the Southeastern United States. This area is known as simply the Apalachicola Basin and is listed by the United States Geological Survey as basin HUC031300. It is located in the South Atlantic-Gulf Water Resource Region, which is listed as HUC03, the basin is further sub-divided into 14 sub-basins. It drains an area of 20,355 square miles and these states and Alabama have been involved in a water-use dispute for two decades, known as the Tri-state water dispute. Georgia has also lobbied the United States Congress to end navigation on the Appalachicola and lower Chattahoochee, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, ACF Basin website Florida DEP, Apalachicola River Watershed
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Flint River (Georgia)
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The Flint River is a 344-mile-long river in the U. S. state of Georgia. Along with the Apalachicola and the Chattahoochee rivers, it part of the ACF basin. In its upper course through the red hills of the Piedmont, it is considered especially scenic, historically, it was also called the Thronateeska River. The Flint River rises in west central Georgia in the city of East Point in southern Fulton County on the outskirts of the Atlanta metropolitan area as ground seepage. The exact start can be traced to the field located between Plant Street, Willingham Drive, Elm Street, and Vesta Avenue and it travels under the runways of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Flowing generally south through rural western Georgia, the passes through Sprewell Bluff State Park. Farther south, it comes within 5 miles of Andersonville, the site of the Andersonville prison during the Civil War, in southwestern Georgia, the river flows through downtown Albany, the largest city on the river. At Bainbridge it joins Lake Seminole, formed at its confluence with the Chattahoochee River upstream from the Jim Woodruff Dam, from this confluence, the Apalachicola River flows south from the reservoir through Florida to the Gulf of Mexico. The Flint River is fed by Kinchafoonee Creek just north of Albany, in addition to Lake Seminole, the Flint River is impounded approximately 15 miles upstream from Albany to form the Lake Blackshear reservoir. The Flint River is one of only 40 rivers in the nation to flow more than 200 miles unimpeded by dams or other manmade systems, and is increasingly valued for that. In the 1970s, a plan by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a dam at Sprewell Bluff in Upson County was defeated by the Jimmy Carter, Governor of Georgia, carters hometown of Plains is located near the Flint River. The river is considered to have three sections as it flows southward through western Georgia. In its upper reaches in the red hills of the Piedmont, south of its fall line near Culloden, the channel transforms to a broad, forested swampy flood plain. South of Lake Blackshear, it again, flowing through a channel in limestone rock above the Upper Floridan Aquifer below southwestern Georgia. The river has been prone to floods throughout its history, in 1994, during flooding from Tropical Storm Alberto, the river crested at 43 feet in Albany, resulting in the emergency evacuation of over 23,000 residents. It caused one of the worst natural disasters in the states history, interstate 75 was closed in Macon, and Albany State University was also seriously flooded, as the river became a few miles or several kilometers wide in some places. The water lifted caskets from cemeteries and left them, along with drowned cattle and other livestock, stuck in trees, montezuma, Georgia was completely inundated after the Flint River topped the 29-foot levee protecting the town from floodwater. The official depth of the river at the height of the flood was estimated at 34 feet, the nearby gauge was underwater, making it impossible to get an accurate reading
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Population density
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Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume, it is a quantity of type number density. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and most of the time to humans and it is a key geographical term. Population density is population divided by land area or water volume. Low densities may cause a vortex and lead to further reduced fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it, commonly this may be calculated for a county, city, country, another territory, or the entire world. The worlds population is around 7,000,000,000, therefore, the worldwide human population density is around 7,000,000,000 ÷510,000,000 =13.7 per km2. If only the Earths land area of 150,000,000 km2 is taken into account and this includes all continental and island land area, including Antarctica. If Antarctica is also excluded, then population density rises to over 50 people per km2, thus, this number by itself does not give any helpful measurement of human population density. Several of the most densely populated territories in the world are city-states, microstates, cities with high population densities are, by some, considered to be overpopulated, though this will depend on factors like quality of housing and infrastructure and access to resources. Most of the most densely populated cities are in Southeast Asia, though Cairo, for instance, Milwaukee has a greater population density when just the inner city is measured, and the surrounding suburbs excluded. Arithmetic density, The total number of people / area of land, physiological density, The total population / area of arable land. Agricultural density, The total rural population / area of arable land, residential density, The number of people living in an urban area / area of residential land. Urban density, The number of people inhabiting an urban area / total area of urban land, ecological optimum, The density of population that can be supported by the natural resources. S. States by population density Selected Current and Historic City, Ward & Neighborhood Density
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Baker County, Georgia
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Baker County is a county in Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,451, the county seat and only city is Newton. Baker County is included in the Albany, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Baker County Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Three other properties in Newton are also listed on the register, Notchaway Baptist Church and Cemetery, Pine Bloom Plantation, and Tarver Plantation. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 349 square miles. The eastern half of Baker County is located in the Lower Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin, the western half of the county is located in the Ichawaynochaway Creek sub-basin of the same ACF River Basin. 48. 5% were White,46. 7% Black or African American,0. 7% Asian,0. 3% Native American,0. 1% Pacific Islander,2. 5% of some other race and 1. 2% of two or more races. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,074 people,1,514 households, the population density was 12 people per square mile. There were 1,740 housing units at a density of 5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 47. 42% White,50. 39% Black or African American,0. 22% Native American,0. 02% Pacific Islander,1. 33% from other races, and 0. 61% from two or more races. 2. 72% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,25. 10% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the family size was 3.20. In the county, the population was out with 27. 30% under the age of 18,10. 00% from 18 to 24,26. 90% from 25 to 44,22. 10% from 45 to 64. The median age was 35 years, for every 100 females there were 86.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.30 males, the median income for a household in the county was $30,338, and the median income for a family was $36,438. Males had an income of $25,891 versus $16,462 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,969, about 19. 90% of families and 23. 40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32. 50% of those under age 18 and 20. 10% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 3,451 people,1,372 households, the population density was 10.1 inhabitants per square mile
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Decatur County, Georgia
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Decatur County is a county located in the U. S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,842, Decatur County comprises the Bainbridge, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Tallahassee-Bainbridge, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area. The county was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 8,1823, three other counties were created from land that was originally part of Decatur County. In 1825, a portion of Decatur was used in the creation of Thomas County, in 1905, another portion of Decatur was used in the creation of part of Grady County. In 1920, the portion of Decatur County was used to form Seminole County in its entirety. Decatur County is named for United States Navy Commodore Stephen Decatur, according to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 623 square miles, of which 597 square miles is land and 26 square miles is water. The bulk of Decatur County, from northeast to southwest, almost all of the countys western border is located in the Spring Creek sub-basin of the same ACF River Basin. Finally, the southwestern corner, west of State Route 302, is located in the Apalachicola River sub-basin of the same larger ACF River basin. The population density was 47 people per square mile, there were 11,968 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile. 3. 20% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,24. 30% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the family size was 3.14. In the county, the population was out with 28. 50% under the age of 18,9. 10% from 18 to 24,28. 00% from 25 to 44,21. 10% from 45 to 64. The median age was 34 years, for every 100 females there were 91.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.90 males, the median income for a household in the county was $28,820, and the median income for a family was $32,635. Males had an income of $27,180 versus $20,745 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,063, about 19. 20% of families and 22. 70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33. 00% of those under age 18 and 19. 20% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 27,842 people,10,390 households, the population density was 46.6 inhabitants per square mile. There were 12,125 housing units at a density of 20.3 per square mile
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1890 United States Census
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The Eleventh United States Census was taken beginning June 2,1890. The data was tabulated by machine for the first time, the data reported that the distribution of the population had resulted in the disappearance of the American frontier. Data was entered on a machine readable medium, punched cards, the total population of 62,947,714, the family, or rough, count, was announced after only six weeks of processing. The public reaction to this tabulation was disbelief, as it was believed that the right answer was at least 75,000,000. The United States census of 1890 showed a total of 248,253 Native Americans living in America, down from 400,764 Native Americans identified in the census of 1850. The 1890 census announced that the region of the United States no longer existed. Up to and including the 1880 census, the country had a frontier of settlement, by 1890, isolated bodies of settlement had broken into the unsettled area to the extent that there was hardly a frontier line. This prompted Frederick Jackson Turner to develop his Frontier Thesis, the original data for the 1890 Census is no longer available. Almost all the schedules were damaged in a fire in the basement of the Commerce Building in Washington. Some 25% of the materials were presumed destroyed and another 50% damaged by smoke, the damage to the records led to an outcry for a permanent National Archives. The Librarian was asked by the Bureau to identify any records which should be retained for historical purposes, congress authorized destruction of that list of records on February 21,1933, and the surviving original 1890 census records were destroyed by government order by 1934 or 1935. The other censuses for which information has been lost are the 1800 and 1810 enumerations. Mayo-Smith, Richmond, The Eleventh Census of the United States
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1930 United States Census
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The original census enumeration sheets were microfilmed by the Census Bureau in 1949, after which the original sheets were destroyed. The microfilmed census is located on 2,667 rolls of microfilm, several organizations also host images of the microfilmed census online, and digital indices. Microdata from the 1930 census are available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System
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1940 United States Census
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The census date of record was April 1,1940. A number of new questions were asked including where people were 5 years before, highest educational grade achieved and this census introduced sampling techniques, one in 20 people were asked additional questions on the census form. Other innovations included a field test of the census in 1939, the 1940 census collected the following information, In addition, a sample of individuals were asked additional questions covering age at first marriage, fertility, and other topics. Full documentation on the 1940 census, including forms and a procedural history, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Following completion of the census, the original sheets were microfilmed. As required by Title 13 of the U. S. Code, non-personally identifiable information Microdata from the 1940 census is freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Also, aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, on April 2, 2012—72 years after the census was taken—microfilmed images of the 1940 census enumeration sheets were released to the public by the National Archives and Records Administration. The records are indexed only by enumeration district upon initial release, several organizations are compiling indices, why the huge interest in the 1940 Census. 1940 Census Questions Hosted at CensusFinder. com
Miller County, Georgia
