United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983Jennifer Morrow2010-02-12James Edward Oglethorpe is credited with founding Georgia. The first group of British settlers landed at the site of the planned town, then known as Yamacraw Bluff, on the Savannah River, and Oglethorpe led them sixteen miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean on February 12, 1733.Photographs shows a statue of James Edward Oglethorpe in Chippewa Square, Savannah, Georgia. Oglethorpe is credited with founding Georgia. The first group of British settlers landed at the site of the planned town, then known as Yamacraw Bluff, on the Savannah River, and Oglethorpe led them sixteen miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean on February 12, 1733.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/savannahForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/savannahForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaGenerals--GeorgiaPolitical leadership--GeorgiaMen--GeorgiaStatesmen--GeorgiaOglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785--PortraitsOglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785James OglethorpeStillImage