Georgia
Statehood: 2 Jan 1788
4th state of the United States
Bordering states:
North: Tennessee, North Carolina
South: Florida
East: South Carolina
West: Alabama
Capital and largest city: Atlanta
Map: Georgia, 1817
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Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Counties: Original counties as listed in the 1777 Georgia Constitution, Article 4: Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Richmond, and Wilkes. Georgia County Creation Dates and Parent Counties. Counties in 2020: 159.
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
Digital Library of Georgia Counties
Gainesville City Directories,
Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia Archives Virtual Vault, University System of Georgia
Georgia Legislative Documents, Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia Official and Statistical Register
New Georgia Encyclopedia, Georgia Humanities
Maps
Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties, Georgia Info
Georgia Maps, Library of Congress
Georgia Landowner Maps, Library of Congress
Interactive Map of Georgia County Formation History, Maps of U.S.
Historical Maps Works: Georgia
Manuscripts
Georgia Manuscripts, Archive Grid
Georgia Manuscripts, Library of Congress
Additional websites
Record Sets-State Level
Georgia Record Sets (Ancestry Collections)
Georgia Record Sets (Family Search)
Virtual Libraries
State of Georgia
The History of Georgia, Hugh McCall, 1909
The Story of Georgia and the Georgia People, 1732 to 1860, George Gilman Smith, 1900.
Wilkes County
Early Records of Georgia, Wilkes County, vol. 2, Mrs. Grace Gillam Davidson, 1933.
Newspapers
Chronicling America, digitized: Georgia
Community History Archive Newspapers: Georgia
Small Town Newspapers
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Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia