- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Brunswick
- Creator:
- Barber, Henry E.
- Date of Original:
- 2003-03-31
- Subject:
- Brunswick (Ga.)
Cities and towns--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the city of Brunswick, Georgia. Brunswick is the major urban and economic center in the southeast corner of Georgia. Located on the coast, it is approximately seventy-five miles south of Savannah and sixty-five miles north of Jacksonville, Florida. It is home to one of Georgia's two deep-water ports and is the gateway to the Golden Isles, which lie to the east across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway: St. Simons Island, Sea Island, Little St. Simons Island, and Jekyll Island. Brunswick, with a population of 15,600, remains the only incorporated community in Glynn County. According to the 2000 U.S. census, the population of Glynn County was 67,568.
GSE identifier: SS8H9 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/brunswick/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Brunswick," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
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Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia. - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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