- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Elberton
- Creator:
- Ouzts, Clay
- Date of Original:
- 2004-03-29
- Subject:
- Elberton (Ga.)
Cities and towns--Georgia
Quarries and quarrying--Georgia
Granite--Georgia
Granite industry and trade--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Elbert County, 34.11679, -82.8401
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the town of Elberton, Georgia. he county seat of Elbert County in Georgia's Piedmont region is Elberton. Officially incorporated in 1803 and originally known as Elbertville, Elberton has managed to outlive several rival towns in the area and is now the county's largest city, with a population of 4,743, according to the 2000 U.S. census. It is also one of the nation's most important producers of granite monuments and memorials. During the 1890s Elberton called itself the "Granite City" and, after the turn of the century, the "Granite Capital of the South"; soon thereafter it began to claim the title "Granite Capital of the World."
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/elberton/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Elberton," 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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