Broader Places
United States (5228)
Narrower Places
Banks (United States) (4),
DeKalb (United States) (3),
Chatham (United States) (1)
Place Type state
Other Place Typesfirst level subdivision
Alternative TermsGA
Latitude 32.000
Longitude -84.000
Inhabited by Creek & Cherokee when English settled here in 18th cen. as buffer between Spanish Florida & English South Carolina; had divided loyalties in Revolution; slavery was prohibited in 18th cen., but was slave state & pro-Confederacy in Civil War.
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