The city of Snellville helps form the eastern extremity of the Atlanta metropolitan area, around 40 minutes from downtown Atlanta itself. Located within Gwinnett County, it began life as New London, after the settlement of two native Londoners who crossed the Atlantic from Great Britain. At some point around the 1880s New London became known …
While now the county seat of Baldwin County, Milledgeville Georgia was founded in 1804 as the state’s new capital. It was built on land cleared of its native American population and largely constructed using slave labor. This perhaps explains why it was stripped of its status as state capital in 1868 during the post-civil war …
The Georgia city of Griffin lies south of Atlanta and as such comprises part of the metropolitan Atlanta region. An independent city with its own ambience and charm, Griffin is the county seat of Spalding County. Founded in 1840, Griffin became a boomtown with the coming of the railroad just two years later. Surviving the …
Carrollton is a city in northwest Georgia of around 30,000 people. It lies between the border with Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia’s state capital. Established in 1829, the city was named after Charles Carroll, the last living signatory to America’s Declaration of Independence. Small enough to have avoided the troubles of the American Civil War a …
Located within middle Georgia striking distance of the state border with Alabama, Americus, Georgia is the seat of Sumter County. While having a population of less than 20,000 residents, the city is known for its rich history and fine antebellum and Victorian architecture. Called the ‘metropolis of Southwest Georgia’, this small city boasts a series …
The city of Tifton is located in south central Georgia. It lies in an area that has historically been key to the region’s agricultural successes. The county seat for Tift County, Tifton was founded in 1872 by sawmill owner Henry H Tift. Incorporated as a city eight years later, it has now been the county …
While its name might not be a household one – yet anyway – Statesboro is the biggest city and the county seat of Georgia’s Bulloch county. Situated in the state’s southeast roughly 100 kilometres from the Atlantic seaboard, it was chartered as a city in 1803. Founded as a trading community serving the surrounding cotton …
The Georgia city of Stockbridge lies in Henry County, roughly half an hour southeast of Atlanta, the state capital. Settled from 1829 onwards, Stockbridge officially became a town in 1895, but wasn’t incorporated into a city until 1920. Now one hundred years young, the city of Stockbridge is well thought of by many in nearby …
The city of McDonough, Georgia is situated approximately 30 minutes south of Atlanta, the state capital. It has a permanent population of less than 9,000 people, but is none the less the county seat of Georgia’s Henry County. McDonough was founded in 1823 around a traditional town square setting as European-Americans slowly moved westward across …
Woodstock is a city in Georgia’s Cherokee County, a short distance north of Atlanta. It’s close enough to be a popular place for city workers to live. In fact, it’s one of the fastest growing suburbs in the United States, and there’s good reason. Woodstock was incorporated in 1897, and is believed to have taken …