United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Plains, 32.03405, -84.39269Bagwell, James E., 1941-2007-06-08Encyclopedia article about the town of Plains, Georgia. Plains, a small Sumter County town in southwest Georgia, is located approximately nine miles west of Americus and thirty-seven miles north of Albany. Situated in the northern part of Georgia's peanut belt, this farming community's main crops are corn, cotton, peanuts, and soybeans, although its main industry is tourism. The town is well known as the hometown of U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter. According to the 2000 U.S. census, the population of Plains was 637.GSE identifier: SS2H1text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Cities and towns--GeorgiaPlainsText