- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- College Avenue
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1900/1939
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
Cities and towns--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Athens became Clarke's county seat in 1872. Passenger streetcars introduced in Athens in the 1880s led to the development of the town's first streetcar suburbs, and the city's population grew from 6,099 in 1880 to 10,245 in 1900.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/athens/college-avenue_001/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/vg2/id/1763/rec/1
- Original Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
