- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Americus
- Creator:
- Anderson, Alan
- Date of Original:
- 2003-07-18
- Subject:
- Americus (Ga.)
Cities and towns--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Americus, 32.07239, -84.23269
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the town of Americus, Georgia. Americus, the county seat of Sumter County in southwest Georgia, is located approximately nine miles east of Plains and 150 miles south of Atlanta, in the middle of a triangle formed by Albany, Columbus, and Macon, sixteen miles west of the Flint River. The city was incorporated on December 22, 1832, and by the end of that century it had become the eighth largest city in the state. Americus reached a population of 17,013 by the end of the twentieth century, according to the 2000 U.S. census.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/americus/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Americus," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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