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Savannah (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 32 05 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.0833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 081 06 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -81.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at mouth of Savannah river; founded as debtors' haven & buffer to Spanish Florida; Methodists John & Charles Wesley preached here from 1736; was occupied by British in Revolutionary War; captured by Union forces under Sherman in Civil War in 1864. |
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Savannah (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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established by state's founder James Oglethorpe in 1733 & incorporated in 1789, was birthplace of Georgia colony |
| city (C) |
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laid out in grid of parks with semitropical gardens, each surrounded by restored Georgian Colonial & Greek Revival buildings |
| county seat (C) |
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| seaport (C) |
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from 1744 for plantation & industrial products, now major US port, 1st transatlantic steamboat sailed from city in 1819 |
| industrial center (C) |
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for shipbuilding, paper, chemicals & transportation equipment |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for food processing, sugar, building materials & paints |
| trade center (C) |
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especially for cotton |
| transportation center (C) |
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| military center (C) |
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for nearby Fort Stewart Hunter Army Airfield |
| tourist center (C) |
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noted for restored historic Savannah, Girl Scout founder Juliette Lowe's birthplace & Savannah National Wildlife Refuge |
| educational center (C) |
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for Savannah State College (1891) & Armstrong State College |
| capital (H) |
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was colonial seat of government, then became state capital until 1786 |
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