- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Valdosta
- Creator:
- Tomberlin, Joseph A.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-03-11
- Subject:
- Cities and towns--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Lowndes County, Valdosta, 30.83334, -83.28032
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the town of Valdosta, Georgia. Valdosta, the seat of Lowndes County, is situated in south Georgia twenty miles from the Florida border. The city is located along Interstate 75, a major north-south artery, approximately midway between Atlanta and Tampa, Florida. Valdosta's population, according to the 2000 U.S. census, is 43,724, making it Georgia's eleventh largest city. The hub of a new metropolitan statistical area, Valdosta is the retail center for nine counties in south Georgia and north Florida, with $1.5 billion in sales in 2003. Much of Valdosta's extensive industry is located in the Azalea City Industrial Park; its leading employers, however, are Moody Air Force Base, South Georgia Medical Center, and Valdosta State University.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/valdosta/
- 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.
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- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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