26 Georgia Facts

  1. Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States.
  2. Total Area: 24th among states, 152,750 sq km (58,977 sq mi).
  3. Georgia had four previous capital cities: Savannah (1733-1786), Augusta (1786-1795), Louisville (1796-1806), and Milledgeville (1807-1868). Atlanta became the capital in 1868.
  4. Most of Georgia's large lakes are artificial bodies of water constructed by utility companies for power generation, or by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for flood control.
  5. With an estimated 9,829,211 residents as of July 1, 2009, Georgia is the ninth most populous state.
  6. Colonized in 1732 by James Edward Oglethorpe, Georgia was the last of the original thirteen English colonies.
  7. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South.
  8. The Little White House, at the city of Warm Springs, was built for the use of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He died there, and the structure and grounds, including a museum, now serve as a memorial in his honor.
  9. Georgia is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; on the west by Alabama and by Florida in the south; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina.
  10. Georgia was the first state to allow 18-year-olds to vote.
  11. The highest point in Georgia is Brasstown Bald, 4,784 feet (1,458 m); the lowest point is sea level.
  12. Named for King George II of England, Georgia became the fourth state after ratifying the United States Constitution on January 2, 1788.
  13. Georgia's population in 1776 was around 40,000.
  14. Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River.
  15. Historic Saint Marys Georgia is the second oldest city in the nation.
  16. The official state fish is the largemouth bass
  17. Each year Georgia serves as a host to the International Poultry Trade Show, the largest poultry convention in the world. 
  18. Each year Georgia serves as a host to the International Poultry Trade Show, the largest poultry convention in the world.
  19. Stone Mountain near Atlanta is one of the largest single masses of exposed granite in the world.
  20. Ways Station was renamed Richmond Hill on May 1, 1941, taking the name of automaker Henry Ford's winter estate.
  21. On January 19, 1861, Georgia joined the Confederacy.
  22. Cordele claims to be the watermelon capital of the world.
  23. In Gainesville, the Chicken Capital of the World it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork.
  24. In 1828 Auraria, near the city of Dahlongea, was the site of the first Gold Rush in America
  25. The annual Masters Golf Tournament is played at the Augusta National in Augusta every first week of April.
  26. Georgia is often called the Empire State of the South and is also known as the Peach State and Cracker State.
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