Laingkat, Georgia

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Laingkat is an extinct town in Decatur County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. [1] A variant name is "Land Cat". [1]

History

The community was named after Langkat, in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, the origin of a type of tobacco grown locally in Georgia. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laingkat
  2. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 128. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.

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