- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Statesboro
- Creator:
- Presley, Delma E.
- Date of Original:
- 2003-07-17
- Subject:
- Cities and towns--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bulloch County, Statesboro, 32.44879, -81.78317
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the town of Statesboro, Georgia. Bulloch County quickly began to attract settlers and develop a promising agricultural economy after it was established in 1796. In its early years it was a county without a city or town. Many small farmers and a few planters settled the rich acreage near the Ogeechee River valley on the Old River Road. Much of the interior of the county consisted of pine forests and rolling sandhills. In an act of unexplained generosity in 1801, George Sibbald of Augusta donated 200 acres for a centrally located county seat. More than two years later, in December 1803, the Georgia legislature created the town of Statesborough, some fifty miles northwest of Savannah.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/statesboro/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Statesboro," 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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