- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Spalding County
- Creator:
- Cooksey, Elizabeth B.
- Date of Original:
- 2006-01-20
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Spalding County, 33.26087, -84.28416
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Spalding County, Georgia. Spalding County, in west central Georgia, was created in 1851 by the state legislature from parts of Fayette, Henry, and Pike counties. Forty miles south of downtown Atlanta, Spalding is part of the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area and one of six counties in the Towaliga Soil and Water Conservation District. Comprising 198 square miles, the county was named for Thomas Spalding, an influential statesman and planter from coastal Georgia.
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- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/spalding-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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