- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Glynn County
- Creator:
- Cooksey, Elizabeth B.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-06-10
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, 31.21324, -81.4937
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Glynn County, Georgia. Glynn County, on Georgia's southeastern coast, was created on February 5, 1777, as the state's seventh county. It now comprises Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island, and Sea Island, as well as the mainland between the Little Satilla River to the south and the Altamaha River to the north. The county's largest communities are the town of Brunswick, along with Jekyll, St. Simons, and Sea islands. Of these, only Brunswick, the county seat, is incorporated. Glynn County borders Brantley, Camden, McIntosh, and Wayne counties.
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- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/glynn-county/
- Language:
- eng
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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