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Welcome to the Southern State of Georgia
  
Georgia is a wonderful, fully Southern State, in the Southeast portion of the United States of America. Georgia was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be founded in 1776. It is bordered by Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and the Atlantic Ocean.
Area: 58,876 sq mi (152,489 sq km).
Population: (2000) 8,186,453, an 26.4% increase since the 1990 census. Now, over 10 Million!
Capital and largest city: Atlanta.
Nickname: Empire State of the South.
Motto: Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation.
State bird Brown Thrasher
State Flower:
Cherokee Rose 
State Tree: Live Oak
But, the gorgeous dogwood trees abound in the spring. With all the Azaleas and Magnolia trees, Atlanta is the most beautiful city that exists!
The Flag:
Although the trade and service sectors supply the majority of jobs in Georgia, manufacturing and agriculture remain important to the state's economy. In addition, federal facilities, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, near Atlanta; Fort Benning, near Columbus; and the Kings Bay naval base, contribute to the economy.
Cotton, once Georgia's most valuable crop, has declined in importance; in the 1990s it was rivaled by peanuts, tobacco, and corn. Georgia is easily the nation's largest producer of peanuts. Tobacco is the principal crop in the central and southern sections of the state, peanuts in the southwest. Livestock and poultry raising account for the largest share of farm income; broilers, eggs, and cattle are major products.
The manufacture of textiles and textile products has long been Georgia's leading industry, centering mainly around Columbus, Augusta, Macon, and Rome. Other major manufactures include transportation equipment, foods, paper products, and chemicals. Automobile manufacturing is important around Atlanta. Much of Georgia is heavily forested with pine, and the state is a leading producer of lumber and pulpwood. Although the state is rich in minerals, mining is not as important as manufacturing and agriculture. The most valuable minerals produced are clays, stone, kaolin, iron ore, sand, and gravel. Georgia is famous for its fine marble. I have some of that on my own fireplace hearth!
Here are some of the scenes from the Georgia countryside so you can get a feeling of what we are all about. You can only discover Georgia by seeing it!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Georgia has more counties (159) than any other state East of the Mississippi!
*Some Information from Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition |