- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Miller County
- Creator:
- Chambers, Raymond L.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-12-10
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Miller County, 31.16399, -84.73072
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Miller County, Georgia. Miller County, the state's 117th county, was created by the state legislature in 1856 out of portions of Early and Baker counties. Located in southwest Georgia, close to the Alabama border, it is bounded by Baker, Decatur, Early, Mitchell, and Seminole counties and encompasses 283 square miles. The county was named for attorney Andrew Miller, who served in the state senate and later became president of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.
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- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/miller-county/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," 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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