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Georgia /ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/ ^ⓘ is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. Named after King George II of Great Britain, Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. It declared its secession from the Union on January 21, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870.

Georgia is the 24th most extensive and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States. From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. Atlanta is the state's capital and its most populous city.

Georgia is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; on the west by Alabama; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina. The northern part of the state is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mountain range in the vast Appalachian Mountains system. The central piedmont extends from the foothills to the fall line, where the rivers cascade down in elevation to the continental coastal plain of the southern part of the state. The highest point in Georgia is Brasstown Bald, 4,784 feet (1,458 m); the lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean.

Georgia is the most extensive state east of the Mississippi River in terms of land area, although it is the fourth most extensive (after Michigan, Florida, and Wisconsin) in total area, a term which includes expanses of water which are part of state territory.

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In December 1946, Eugene Talmadge, the governor-elect of Georgia, died. The state constitution did not specify who would assume the governorship in such a situation. The situation became known as the Three Governors controversy. There were three men who made claims to the governorship:

Herman Talmadge, who had run his father's successful campaign for governor.
The lieutenant governor-elect, Melvin E. Thompson, said that he should be sworn in as governor in Eugene Talmadge's place, upon his swearing-in as lieutenant governor.
Ellis Arnall, the outgoing governor, said that he should remain in office until his successor was properly sworn in.

The state's highest court, the Supreme Court of Georgia, ruled in March 1947 that the legislature had violated the state constitution by electing Herman Talmadge governor and that Lt. Governor Melvin E. Thompson should serve as governor until the next general election in November 1948. The court directed that in November 1948 there would be a special election at which voters would choose someone to complete Eugene Talmadage's term.

Herman Talmadge immediately gave in to the court decision, ending the controversy. He ran for governor in 1948, overwhelmingly defeating Governor Thompson for the Democratic nomination and then easily winning the November special election. He served the final 26 months of the term for which his father had been elected.

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Credit: Allen Lyons

Blood Mountain is the highest peak on the Georgia section of the Appalachian Trail and the sixth-tallest mountain in Georgia, with an elevation of 4,458 feet (1,359 m). It is located on the border of Lumpkin County with Union County and is within the boundaries of the Chattahoochee National Forest and the Blood Mountain Wilderness. There are several waterfalls, hiking trails and other recreational areas in the vicinity.

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State facts

Nickname: Peach State
Capital and largest city: Atlanta
Governor: Brian Kemp (R)
Lieutenant Governor: Burt Jones (R)
Total area: 153,909 km² (59,425 sq mi)
Population (2021 estimate): 10,799,566
Date admitted to the Union: January 2, 1788
Senators: Jon Ossoff (D), Raphael Warnock (D)

State symbols:

State amphibian: American green tree frog (Hyla cinerea)
State bird: Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
State flower: Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata)
State marine Mammal: North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Butterfly: Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Fruit: Peach
Insect: Honeybee
Prepared Food: Grits
Fish: Largemouth Bass
Crop: Peanut
Tree: Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)
Vegetable: Vidalia onion
Reptile: Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
Game Bird: Bobwhite Quail
Seashell: Knobbed Whelk
Gem: Quartz
Fossil: Shark Tooth
Mineral: Staurolite
Agriculture: Poultry
Art Museum: Georgia Museum of Art in Athens
Atlas: The Atlas of Georgia
Ballet: Atlanta Ballet
Beef Barbecue Championship Cook-off: The Hawkinsville Civitan Club’s “Shoot the Bull” barbecue championship
Center for Character Education: Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum
Folk Dance Square Dance
Folk Festival: Georgia Folk Festival
Folk Life Play: “Swamp Gravy”
Frontier and Southern Indian Interpretive Center: The Funk Heritage/Bennett Center at Reinhardt University, Waleska
Historic Drama: “The Reach of Song” presented on the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds near Hiawassee
Musical Theatre: Peach State Summer Theatre
Peanut Monument: Turner County on the west side of Interstate Highway 75 within the limits of the city of Ashburn
Pork Barbecue Championship Cook-off: The Dooly County Chamber of Commerce’s “Slosheye Trail Big Pig Jig”
Railroad Museum: The Central of Georgia Railroad Shops Complex, Savannah
Songs: "Georgia on My Mind"

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Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn(born November 20, 1983), known professionally as Future, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Wilburn first became involved in music as part of the Dungeon Family collective, where he was nicknamed "the Future". After amassing a series of mixtapes between 2010 and 2011, Future signed a major record label deal with Epic Records and A1 Recordings, which helped launch Future's own label imprint, Freebandz. He subsequently released his debut album, Pluto, in April 2012 to positive reviews. Future's second album, Honest, was released in April 2014, surpassing his debut on the album charts.

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April 4, 1977 - Southern Airways Flight 242, a Douglas DC-9-31, enters a severe thunderstorm which breaks the plane's windshield; the aircraft's engines ingest so much water and hail that they both flame out. The plane glides to a crash landing on a rural highway in Georgia, killing 62 out of 85 people aboard – including rhythm and blues singer Annette Snell – and eight people on the ground; all 22 survivors are injured.
April 5, 1991 - Former Senator John Tower and 22 others are killed in an airplane crash in Brunswick, Georgia, United States.
April 12, 1862 - American Civil War – Andrew's Raid - Union volunteers steal a Confederate locomotive, setting off The Great Locomotive Chase, famously involving the use of The General steam locomotive, which still exists in the 21st century.
April 12, 1965 - Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium opens.
April 13, 1919 - Eugene V. Debs enters prison at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia for speaking out against the draft during World War I.

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...that, by the end of the 20th century, the Peachtree Presbyterian megachurch had the largest Presbyterian congregation of any church in the United States?

...that 29 employees were killed in the Thiokol-Woodbine Explosion when a fire spread down an assembly line and detonated 56,322 magnesium tripflares that had been manufactured for the U.S. Army?

...that Hulk Hogan's Pastamania was a restaurant located in the Mall of America and created by the WWE's Hulk Hogan, and that it failed spectacularly?

...that the Franklin House, built on a lot once owned by the University of Georgia, has held a hotel and a hardware company, and now leases office space to the university?

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	You are invited to participate in WikiProject Georgia of the United States, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about the State of Georgia.

Parent projects: North America • United States

Main project: Georgia (U.S. state)

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Atlanta • Education in Georgia • Georgia State Routes • Georgia Tech • South Georgia

Related projects: U.S. Roads • Geography • Alabama • Florida • North Carolina • South Carolina • Tennessee

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A view of the Downtown Atlanta skyline

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Other arms reach out to me Other eyes smile tenderly Still in peaceful dreams I see The road leads back to you. Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find... Just an old sweet song Keeps Georgia on my mind. — Georgia On My Mind, (1960), lyrics by Stuart Gorrell and Hoagy Carmichael

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