Georgia

Georgia is one of the 13 original States of the American Union, lies to the South, fronting the Atlantic between Florida and South Carolina. It is divided into 159 counties. It had 161 counties until the end of 1931, when Milton and Campbell were merged into the existing Fulton. There were only 8 counties in 1777, when the state was first constituted. The number of counties continued increasing. In 1924, the number of counties were 159, but with addition of another 2 counties it increased to 161, the number which was reduced again to 159 in 1931.

Atlanta is the capital of Georgia and Savannah the chief port. It is well watered with rivers. It is low and swampy for some miles inland, but it rises into plateaux in the interior, and the Appalachians and Blue Mountains intersect it in the North-West. Excellent crops of wheat and fruit are grown among the hills, rice in the lowlands, while immense quantities of cotton are raised on the islands skirting the coast. The vast forests of pitch-pine supply an increasing lumber trade. The mountain lands are rich in minerals. The State was named after George II in 1733 by the founder, James Oglethorpe.

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