Georgia was the 4 th state in the USA; it became a state on January 2, 1788.
State Abbreviation - GA
State Capital - Atlanta
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]
Name for Residents - Georgians
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
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
Moving Companies and Relocation Services in GA |
Albany, GA
Alpharetta, GA
Athens, GA
Atlanta
Augusta
Brunswick
Carrollton
Columbus
Dalton |
Decatur, GA
Douglasville, GA
Duluth, GA
Gainesville
Jesup
Lawrenceville
Macon
Marietta
Newnan |
Norcross, GA
Rome, GA
Savannah, GA
Statesboro
Stone Mountain
Thomasville
Valdosta
Warner Robins |
Georgia Moving Companies by County |
Appling
Atkinson
Alma (Bacon)
Newton (Baker)
Baldwin
Banks
Barrow
Bartow
Fitzgerald (Ben Hill)
Berrien
Bibb
Cochran (Bleckley)
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Candler
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
Chatham
Cusseta (Chattahoochee)
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia
Cook
Coweta
Crawford
Crisp
Dade
Dawsonville (Dawson)
Decatur
Dekalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas
Early
Statenville (Echols)
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel |
Evans
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd
Cumming (Forsyth)
Franklin
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn
Gordon
Grady
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Sparta (Hancock)
Haralson
Harris
Hart
Heard
Henry
Houston
Irwin
Jackson
Jasper
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Lamar
Lanier
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincolnton (Lincoln)
Ludowici (Long)
Lowndes
Dahlonega (Lumpkin)
Macon
Madison
Buena Vista (Marion)
McDuffie
McIntosh
Meriwether
Colquitt (Miller)
Mitchell
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Murray
Muscogee |
Newton
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Paulding
Peach
Pickens
Pierce
Pike
Polk
Hawkinsville (Pulaski)
Eatonton (Putnam)
Quitman
Rabun
Randolph
Richmond
Conyers (Rockdale)
Ellaville (Schley)
Screven
Seminole
Spalding
Stephens
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Taylor
Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Toombs
Towns
Soperton (Treutlen)
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Union
Upson
Walker
Walton
Ware
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Wheeler
White
Whitfield
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson
Worth |
