List of Georgia state symbols

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Location of the state of Georgia in the United States of America

The state of Georgia has numerous symbols, as defined in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated or by joint resolutions of the Georgia General Assembly.

Contents

TypeSymbolYear and
references		Image
Amphibian American green tree frog
Hyla cinerea		2005 [1] [2] Green treefrog.jpg
Art museum Georgia Museum of Art 1982 [3]
AtlasThe Atlas of Georgia1985 [4]
Ballet company Atlanta Ballet 1973 [5] Atlanta Ballet logo.png
Beef barbecue championship Cook-offThe Hawkinsville Civitan Club's "Shoot the Bull" barbecue championship1997 [6] [7]
Bird Brown thrasher
Toxostoma rufum		1935 (1970) [note 1] [8] [9] Toxostoma rufum -Garland, Texas, USA-8.jpg
Botanical garden State Botanical Garden of Georgia 1984 [10] State Botanical Garden of Georgia 001.jpg
Butterfly Eastern tiger swallowtail
Papilio glaucus		1988 [11] [12] Pristine Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg
Center for character education National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force 2005 [13] [14] Mighty 8th Air Force Museum, Pooler, GA, US.jpg
Cold water game fish Southern Appalachian brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis		2006 [15] [16] Brook trout 1918.jpg
CreedGeorgian's Creed1939 [17] [18]
Crop Peanut 1995 [19] [20] Arachis-hypogaea-(peanuts).jpg
Dog "Adoptable Dog" 2016 [21] [22]
Fish Largemouth bass 1970 [23] [24] 1351 largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) 300 dpi.jpg
Flag Georgia flag 2003 [25] Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg
Flower Cherokee rose
Rosa laevigata		1916 [26] [27] Cherokee rose.jpg
Folk dance Square dance 1996 [28] [29] MeowDanceSquares.jpg
Folk festivalGeorgia Folk Festival1992 [30] [31]
Folk life play Swamp Gravy 1994 [32] [33]
Fossil Shark tooth 1976 [34] [35] CretaceousSharkTeeth061812.JPG
Frontier and southeastern Indian interpretive center Funk Heritage Center 2003 [36] [14] Funk Heritage Center.jpg
Fruit Peach 1995 [37] [38] Autumn Red peaches.jpg
Game bird Bobwhite quail 1970 [39] [40] Virginiawachtel 2007-06-16 065.jpg
Gem Quartz 1976 [41] [42] Quartz rose GeorgiaHoggMine13.jpg
Historic drama The Reach of Song, a play about mountain writer Byron Herbert Reece 1990 [43] [44] The 1996 cast of The Reach of Song, Georgia's state historical drama.jpg
Historical civil rights museumRalph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum2008 [45] [46]
Insect Honeybee 1975 [47] [48] Apis mellifera bi.jpg
Marine mammal North Atlantic right whale
Eubalaena glacialis		1985 [49] [50] Eubalaena glacialis with calf.jpg
Mineral Staurolite 1976 [51] [52] Staurolite-26463.jpg
Motto "Wisdom, Justice, Moderation"1799 [53] [note 2]
Musical theater Jekyll Island Musical Theatre Festival 1993 [54] [55]
Nut Pecan 2021 [56]
Peanut monumentTurner County
on the west side of Interstate Highway 75 within the limits of the city of Ashburn		1998 [19] [57] Ashburn peanut.jpg
Poet Laureate Poet Laureate of Georgia 1925 [58] [59] [60]
Pork cook-offThe Dooly County Chamber of Commerce's "Slosheye Trail Big Pig Jig"1997 [6] [61]
'Possum Pogo 'Possum
1992 [62] [63]
Prepared food Grits 2002 [64] [65] Grits 1.jpg
Railroad museum The Central of Georgia Railroad Shops Complex
Savannah		1996 [66] [67] CG223 Georgia RR Museum.jpg
Reptile Gopher tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus		1989 [68] [69] Gopherus polyphemus Tomfriedel.jpg
Salt-water fish Red drum
Sciaenops ocellatus		2006 [70] [71] Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus).jpg
SchoolPlains High School, now part of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site 1997 [72] [73] [74] Jimmy Carter's High School, Plains, GA, US.jpg
Seal Great Seal of Georgia 1798 (1914) [note 3] [75] Seal of Georgia.svg
Seashell Knobbed whelk
Busycon carica		1987 [76] [77] Busycon carica.jpg
Song "Georgia on My Mind"
lyrics by Stuart Gorrell and music by Hoagy Carmichael with words by Robert Loveman. [note 4] [78] [79] 		1979 [80]
Tartan Georgia Tartan1997 [81] [82] Georgia Tartan.gif
Theater Springer Opera House
Columbus		1971–2, (1992) [note 5] [83] [84] GENERAL VIEW - Springer Opera House, 105 Tenth Street, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA HABS GA,108-COLM,31-1.tif
Tree Southern live oak
Quercus virginiana		1937 [85] [86] Live oak Georgetown.jpg
Transportation history museum Southeastern Railway Museum 2000 [87] [88]
Vegetable Vidalia sweet onion 1990 [89] [90] Vidalia Onions.jpg
Waltz "Our Georgia"1951 [91] [92]
Wildflower Azalea
Rhododendron sp.		1979 [93] [94] Redazalea.jpg

Notes

  1. ↑ The inititial designation was by gubernatorial proclamation.
  2. ↑ The three words, "Wisdom", "Justice", and "Moderation", were in the definition of the state seal, but were never formally adopted independent of the seal.
  3. ↑ The state seal was defined by the Georgia Constitution of 1798 and bore the date 1799. In 1914, the date was changed to 1776.
  4. ↑ The previous state song "Georgia" was composed by Lollie Belle Wylie.
  5. ↑ As governor, Jimmy Carter made it the state theater for the 1971–1972 season. In 1992, the legislature made the designation formal and ongoing.

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