Richmond County, Georgia (GA), United States, North America
Latitude
33°28'N
Longitude
81°59'W
Augusta
(aw-GUHST-uh), city (1990 pop. 44,639),
Richmond co., E Ga.; 33°28'N 81°59'W. At the head of
navigation on the Savannah R. and protected by levees, Augusta is the
trade center for a broad band of cos. in Ga. and S.C. known as the
Central Savannah River Area. Also an important industrial center; mfg.
(textiles, chemicals, bldg. materials, medical supplies, tools; wood,
paper, metal, and plastic prods.). Hq. of the Natl. Golf Club, sponsor
of the annual Masters Tournament. Augusta grew from an old river
trading post existing as early as 1717 and was named by James
Oglethorpe in 1735 after the mother of George III. In the Amer.
Revolution, Augusta changed hands several times and was finally taken
by Continental forces under Andrew Pickens and Light-Horse Harry Lee in
1781. It was state capital (1785-1795) and the U.S. Constitution was
ratified here. Expanded rapidly after the Revolutionary War as a result
of the tobacco and cotton industries. By 1820 the city was a trade
terminus; mfg. began in 1828, when Augusta's 1st textile plant began
operation with machinery brought from Philadelphia. During the Civil
War, Augusta housed the largest Confederate powder works. Historical
attractions include a boyhood home of President Woodrow Wilson, a U.S.
arsenal (1815-1955), whose surviving bldgs. are part of Augusta State
Univ., and old homes of Georgian and classic-revival styles. Paine Col.
and Ga. Medical Col., a unit of the Univ. System of Ga., are also here.
Nearby is Fort Gordon, with training schools for military police, the
signal corps, and the corps of engineers. The waterfront facing the
Savannah R. has been landscaped creating a riverwalk promenade along
the levee with an amphitheater. The former Cotton Exchange bldg. now
serves as a visitor's center and mus. Airport to S, E of Savannah R.,
on S.C. side. Inc. 1798.
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Richmond co., E Ga.; 33°28'N 81°59'W. At the head of
navigation on the Savannah R. and protected by levees, Augusta is the
trade center for a broad band of cos. in Ga. and S.C. known as the
Central Savannah River Area. Also an important industrial center; mfg.
(textiles, chemicals, bldg. materials, medical supplies, tools; wood,
paper, metal, and plastic prods.). Hq. of the Natl. Golf Club, sponsor
of the annual Masters Tournament. Augusta grew from an old river
trading post existing as early as 1717 and was named by James
Oglethorpe in 1735 after the mother of George III. In the Amer.
Revolution, Augusta changed hands several times and was finally taken
by Continental forces under Andrew Pickens and Light-Horse Harry Lee in
1781. It was state capital (1785-1795) and the U.S. Constitution was
ratified here. Expanded rapidly after the Revolutionary War as a result
of the tobacco and cotton industries. By 1820 the city was a trade
terminus; mfg. began in 1828, when Augusta's 1st textile plant began
operation with machinery brought from Philadelphia. During the Civil
War, Augusta housed the largest Confederate powder works. Historical
attractions include a boyhood home of President Woodrow Wilson, a U.S.
arsenal (1815-1955), whose surviving bldgs. are part of Augusta State
Univ., and old homes of Georgian and classic-revival styles. Paine Col.
and Ga. Medical Col., a unit of the Univ. System of Ga., are also here.
Nearby is Fort Gordon, with training schools for military police, the
signal corps, and the corps of engineers. The waterfront facing the
Savannah R. has been landscaped creating a riverwalk promenade along
the levee with an amphitheater. The former Cotton Exchange bldg. now
serves as a visitor's center and mus. Airport to S, E of Savannah R.,
on S.C. side. Inc. 1798.
