Georgia History: Historical Events that Shaped the State of Georgia, From Past to Present

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Georgia History
Historical Events That Shaped the State of Georgia

Georgia was named for King George II of England and admitted to statehood 2 January 1788. Its 59,441 square miles of area is bordered by the states of Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

The capitol of the Peach State is Atlanta, the state bird is the Brown Thrasher, the state flower is the Cherokee Rose, and the state tree is the Live Oak. The official state fish is the largemouth bass.

Georgia, consisting of 159 counties, is the nation's number 1 producer of peanuts, pecans, and peaches. Other agricultural products include poultry and eggs, cattle, hogs, dairy products, and vegetables. Industries that boost Georgia's economy include textiles and apparel, transportation equipment, food processing, paper products, chemical products, and electric equipment.

The population of Georgia in the year 2000 was 8,186,453. The current governor is Sonny Perdue.

More Georgia facts:
~ Historic Saint Marys, Georgia is the 2nd oldest city in the nation.
~ The pirate Edward "Blackbeard" TEACH made a home on Blackbeard Island.
~ Known as the sweetest onion in the world, the Vidalia onion can only be grown in the fields around Vidalia and Glennville.
~ Coco-Cola was invented in May 1886 by Dr. John S. PEMBERTON in Atlanta.
~ Chickamuga National Park is the site of the bloodiest battle in American History.
~ Savannah, the oldest city in Georgia, was the landing site for General James Edward OGLETHORPE, the founder of Georgia.

"Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.
Georgia, Georgia, a song of you
Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines..."

James OGLETHORPE and the Colonization of Georgia

Colonial Georgia Women

Some of Georgia's "Firsts"

Georgia Disqualifying Act, 6 July 1780

Gangs of New York? Gangs of Georgia! The Yazoo Land Fraud

Congressional Biographies
Those Rooted in the State of Georgia

Abstracts from Georgia Slave Narratives

Georgia Tornadoes

Historical Georgia Newspaper Items

Newspaper Account of the Murder of Bibb County, GA Resident John BRASWELL

Georgia History Timeline

Georgia Counties

Genealogy Links for Georgia Researchers