Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 30,099. The county seat is Jesup.
Baldwin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 46,337. The county seat is Milledgeville, which was developed along the Oconee River.
The Oconee River is a 220-mile-long (350 km) river which has its origin in Hall County, Georgia, and terminates where it joins the Ocmulgee River to form the Altamaha River near Lumber City at the borders of Montgomery County, Wheeler County, and Jeff Davis County. South of Athens, two forks, known as the North Oconee River and Middle Oconee River, converge to form the Oconee River. Milledgeville, the former capital city of Georgia, lies on the Oconee River.
Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and provides education for an eleven-county service area in central Georgia. The school's service area includes Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, and Twiggs counties. CGTC is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award associate degrees, diplomas, and technical certificates of credit.
Georgia College & State University is a public liberal arts university in Milledgeville, Georgia. The university enrolls approximately 7,000 students and is a member of the University System of Georgia. Georgia College was designated Georgia's "Public Liberal Arts University" in 1996 by the Georgia Board of Regents.
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was an attorney and jurist in his native Georgia. His son Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II followed him into law and was appointed from Mississippi as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Thomas Petters Carnes served as a colonel in the Maryland Line during the American Revolution and received bounty land in Franklin County, GA for his service. He was an American lawyer and politician from Franklin County, Georgia. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives at Milledgeville, Georgia, as a state court judge, and represented Georgia in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 until 1795. Carnesville, Georgia is his namesake. Although he considered Athens, Clarke County his home, he died in Milledgeville, Georgia while there and is buried at Memory Hill Cemetery in Milledgeville.
USS Milledgeville (PF-94), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Milledgeville, Georgia.
Georgia Military College (GMC) is a military-focused educational institution in Milledgeville, Georgia. It is divided into the junior college, a military junior college program, high school, and middle school. It was originally known as Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College, until 1900. Although it is a state-funded institution, GMC is not affiliated with either the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia.
William Rabun was an American politician. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia Senate in addition to serving as the 29th Governor of Georgia from 1817 to 1819.
Lake Sinclair is a man-made lake in central Georgia near Milledgeville. It is operated by Georgia Power.
Jett Thomas was an American military officer and builder.
State Route 29 (SR 29) is a 98.1-mile-long (157.9 km) state highway that travels southeast-to-northwest through portions of Toombs, Montgomery, Treutlen, Laurens, Wilkinson, and Baldwin counties in the central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects the Vidalia area with the Milledgeville area, via the Dublin area.
John W. A. Sanford was a United States Representative and farmer from Georgia.
The Union-Recorder is a daily newspaper published Tuesday - Saturday in Milledgeville, Georgia. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., who purchased it from Knight Ridder in 1997.
Lucius M. Sanford is a former American football linebacker who played ten seasons in the National Football League with the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns. He played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team. While at GeorgiaTech, Sanford was a member of the ANAK Society, one of the highest recognitions a senior can achieve. Was a six-year winner and two-year runner up of the Milledgeville mean-mug award. In 2001, he was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
Haddock is an unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia, United States. It lies along State Route 22, to the east of the city of Gray, the county seat. Its elevation is 499 feet (152 m). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code 31033.
Men's State Prison was a Georgia Department of Corrections prison for men in Milledgeville, Georgia, near Hardwick. The facility closed in 2011.
