Georgia

North Georgia is where I was born and have remained all my life. There is no state quite like it.

A few facts about the origin of the Name Georgia

Georgia was named to honor King George II of England. State Nickname Empire State of the South, Peach State
State Motto - "Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation"
State Song - Georgia on My Mind

More Georgia Facts

Ga. Thrasher is the Ga. Bird

State Nickname: Peach State

State Capital: Atlanta

State Bird: Brown Thrasher

State Flower: Cherokee Rose-(Rosa laevigata)

State Tree: Live Oak

State Song: Georgia On My Mind

State Wildflower: Azalea

State Tree: Live oak

In Gainesville, the Chicken Capital of the World, it’s illegal to eat chicken with a fork.

Known as the sweetest onion in the world, the Vidalia onion can only be grown in the fields around Vidalia and Glennville.

Georgia was the 4th state in the USA; it became a state on January 2, 1788.
State Abbreviation - GA
Largest City - Atlanta
Area - 59,441 square miles [Georgia is the 24th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 8,186,453 (as of 2000) [Georgia is the tenth most populous state in the USA]
Major Industries - textiles, timber (especially pine), agriculture (cotton, corn, peanuts, soybeans, poultry)

Presidential Birthplace - James Earl Carter, Jr., was born in Plains on October 1, 1924 (he was the 39th US President, serving from 1977 to 1981).

Major Rivers - Chattahoochee River, Savannah River, Suwannee River
Major Lakes - Lake Sidney Lanier, Clark Hill Lake, West Point Lake, Lake Hartwell
Highest Point - Brasstown Bald - 4,784 feet (1,458 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina
Bordering Body of Water - Atlantic Ocean

Highest Point - Brasstown Bald - 4,784 feet (1,458 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina
Bordering Body of Water - Atlantic Ocean

Georgia State Symbols and Emblems:

Georgia's newest flag was designed in May, 2003; it has three horizontal stripes, red, white, and red, with a blue square in the canton position (the upper left area of the flag). In the blue square is a circle of 13 white, five-pointed stars around the seal of the state of Georgia (pictured in yellow). The Georgia state seal pictures three pillars (symbolizing the three branches of government in the USA: the Legislative, the Executive and the Judicial) under an arch (symbolizing the Constitution), the year 1776 (the date of the Declaration of Independence), and banners reading "CONSTITUTION," "JUSTICE," "WISDOM," and "MODERATION." Under the pillars are the words (in white), "IN GOD WE TRUST."

Some Favorite Spots in Georgia

Okefenokee Swamps is one of Ga.'s attractions with its 400,000 acres of canals; moss draped cypress trees, and lily pad prairies providing sanctuaries for hundreds of species of birds and wildlife including several endangered species. Also on the coast is one of Georgia’s most popular undeveloped areas – Cumberland Island. Wild horses graze sandy trails and armadillos skitter down the one dirt road that runs the length of the island. It is located in the southeast corner of Georgia.

The Vidalia onion known as the sweetest onion in the world, can only be grown in the fields around Vidalia and Glennville.

Before the California Gold Rush, there was Georgia. Visit the site of the nation’s first major gold rush in the Georgia Mountains region. Between 1838 and 1861, more than $6 million in gold was coined by the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega. The Dahlonega Gold Museum offers visitors a look at the mining history of Georgia.

The second oldest city, in the nation is Georgia's Historic Saint Mary

Marshall Forest in Rome is the only natural forest within a city limits in the US.

Stone Mountain Park is another favorite. It is near Atlanta and home to one of the largest single masses of exposed granite in the world. And the largest high relief sculpture in the world. The Confederate Memorial Carving depicts three Confederate heroes of the Civil War: President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. There's a Shopping Barn and a scenic railroad ride around the base of the mountain, You can take the Mountaintop Sky-lift to the top, visit the antique car and treasure museum, and much more.

Callaway Gardens is a world famous resort, known for its azaleas, golf and family fun.

Chickamuga National Park is the site of the bloodiest battle in the Civil War.

The Little White House in Warm Springs was the recuperative home of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Savannah is a great place to visit too There is the oldest portable steam engine in the United States display at Historic Railroad Shops in Savannah.

Georgia on My Mind

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.

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you.

Georgia, Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.

Melodies bring memories
That linger in my heart
Make me think of Georgia
Why did we ever part?

Some sweet day when blossoms fall
And all the world's a song
I'll go back to Georgia
'Cause that's where I belong.