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Augusta, Georgia

January 06, 2023

Augusta (/əˈɡʌstə/ ə-GUSS-tə), officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia. The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Georgia's third-largest city after Atlanta and Columbus, Augusta is located in the Fall Line section of the state.

Augusta, Georgia
Consolidated city-county
Augusta–Richmond County
Nickname: 
"The Garden City"
Motto: 
"We Feel Good"
Location within Richmond County
Coordinates: 33°28′12″N 81°58′30″W / 33.47000°N 81.97500°W / 33.47000; -81.97500Coordinates: 33°28′12″N 81°58′30″W / 33.47000°N 81.97500°W / 33.47000; -81.97500
Country United States
State Georgia
CountiesRichmond
Established1736[1]
City-county consolidation1996[1]
Founded byJames Oglethorpe
Named forPrincess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
Government
 • MayorGarnett Johnson (I)
Area
[2]
 • Consolidated city-county306.44 sq mi (797.70 km2)
 • Land302.28 sq mi (782.90 km2)
 • Water4.17 sq mi (10.80 km2)
Elevation
[3]
136 ft (45 m)
Population
 (2020)[4]
 • Consolidated city-county202,081
 • Rank116th in the United States
3rd in Georgia
 • Density668.52/sq mi (258.12/km2)
 • Urban
431,480 (US: 95th)
 • Urban density1,578.8/sq mi (609.6/km2)
 • Metro
[5]
611,000 (US: 95th)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
30901, 30904, 30906, 30907, 30909, 30912,[6] 30815
Area codes706, 762[7][8]
WebsiteAugustaGA.gov

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Augusta–Richmond County had a 2020 population of 202,081,[4] not counting the unconsolidated cities of Blythe and Hephzibah.[9] It is the 116th largest city in the United States. The process of consolidation between the City of Augusta and Richmond County began with a 1995 referendum in the two jurisdictions. The merger was completed on July 1, 1996. Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta metropolitan area. In 2020 it had a population of 611,000,[5] making it the second-largest metro area in the state. It is the 95th largest metropolitan area in the United States.

Augusta was established in 1736 and is named in honor of Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719–1772), the bride of Frederick, Prince of Wales and the mother of the British monarch George III.[1] During the American Civil War, Augusta housed the principal Confederate powder works.[10] Augusta's warm climate made it a major resort town of the Eastern United States in the early and mid-20th century. Internationally, Augusta is best known for hosting The Masters golf tournament each spring. The Masters brings over 200,000 visitors from around the world to the Augusta National Golf Club. Membership at Augusta National is widely considered to be the most exclusive in the sport of golf around the world.

Augusta lies approximately two hours away from downtown Atlanta by car via I-20. The city is home to Fort Gordon, a major U.S. Army base. In 2016, it was announced that the new National Cyber Security Headquarters would be based in Augusta.

History

Main articles: History of Augusta, Georgia and Timeline of Augusta, Georgia

The area along the river was long inhabited by varying cultures of indigenous peoples, who relied on the river for fish, water and transportation. The site of Augusta was used by Native Americans as a place to cross the Savannah River, because of its location on the fall line.

 
James Oglethorpe, Founder of Augusta

In 1735, two years after James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, he sent a detachment of troops to explore the upper Savannah River. He gave them an order to build a fort at the head of the navigable part of the river. The expedition was led by Noble Jones, who created a settlement as a first line of defense for coastal areas against potential Spanish or French invasion from the interior.[11] Oglethorpe named the town in honor of Princess Augusta, the mother of King George III and the wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales. Oglethorpe visited Augusta in September 1739 on his return to Savannah from a perilous visit to Coweta Town, near present-day Phenix City, Alabama.[12] There, he had met with a convention of 7,000 Native American warriors and concluded a peace treaty with them in their territories in northern and western Georgia.[13] Augusta was the second state capital of Georgia from 1785 until 1795 (alternating for a period with Savannah, the first).

Augusta developed rapidly as a market town as the Black Belt in the Piedmont was developed for cotton cultivation. Invention of the cotton gin made processing of short-staple cotton profitable, and this type of cotton was well-suited to the upland areas. Cotton plantations were worked by slave labor, with hundreds of thousands of slaves shipped from the Upper South to the Deep South in the domestic slave trade. Many of the slaves were brought from the Lowcountry, where their Gullah culture had developed on the large Sea Island cotton and rice plantations.

During the Civil War, Augusta was home to many war industries including powder-works facilities. After the war, Augusta had a booming textile industry leading to the construction of many mills along the Augusta Canal to include Enterprise Mill, Sibley Mill, and King Mill.

The city experienced the Augusta Fire of 1916, which damaged 25 blocks of the town and many buildings of historical significance.

As a major city in the area, Augusta was a center of activities during Reconstruction and after. In the mid-20th century, it was a site of civil rights demonstrations. In 1970, Charles Oatman, a mentally disabled teenager, was killed by his cellmates in an Augusta jail. A protest against his death broke out in a riot involving 500 people, after six black men were killed by police,[14] each found to have been shot in the back.[15] The noted singer and entertainer James Brown was called in to help quell lingering tensions, which he succeeded in doing.[14]

Hyde Park

In 1993, an area known as Hyde Park in Augusta, Georgia, was investigated by the EPA for contamination. The investigation totaled $1.2 million.[16] Air, groundwater, and soil were all believed to be contaminated, and people living in the area were hoping for government assistance to move away from Hyde Park. Two of five neighborhoods in Hyde Park appeared to have arsenic, chromium, and dioxin, while all five were found to have PCBs and lead.[16] However, residents were told it was not a risk to their health unless they somehow ingested it on a regular basis. At the time the article was written, the citizens still questioned why the EPA and ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Disease Registry) did not consider these chemicals as a threat to them. Hyde Park also has higher rates of certain illnesses (such as cancer, infections, rashes) than the average in America, and the citizens question why that is not considered.[16]

Geography

Augusta is located along the Georgia/South Carolina border, about 150 mi (240 km) east of Atlanta and 70 mi (110 km) west of Columbia. The city is located at 33°28′12″N 81°58′30″W / 33.47000°N 81.97500°W / 33.47000; -81.97500 (33.4700, −81.9750).[17]

 
Augusta on July 8, 2022, with north oriented towards the upper right; taken from the International Space Station

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Augusta–Richmond County balance has a total area of 306.5 sq mi (793.8 km2), of which 302.1 sq mi (782.4 km2) is land and 4.3 sq mi (11.1 km2) (1.42%) is water.

Augusta is located about halfway up the Savannah River on the fall line, which creates a number of small falls on the river. The city marks the end of a navigable waterway for the river and the entry to the Georgia Piedmont area.

The Clarks Hill Dam is built on the fall line near Augusta, forming Clarks Hill Lake. Farther downstream, near the border of Columbia County, is the Stevens Creek Dam, which generates hydroelectric power. Even farther downstream is the Augusta Diversion Dam, which marks the beginning of the Augusta Canal and channels Savannah River waters into the canal.[18]

Climate

As with the rest of the state, Augusta has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with short, mild winters, very hot, humid summers, and a wide diurnal temperature variation throughout much of the year, despite its low elevation and humidity. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 45.4 °F (7.4 °C) in January to 81.6 °F (27.6 °C) in July; there are 53 nights with the low reaching the freezing mark, 82 days reaching or exceeding 90 °F (32 °C), and 5.5 days reaching 100 °F (38 °C) annually. Extreme temperatures range from −1 °F (−18 °C) on January 21, 1985 up to 108 °F (42 °C) on August 10, 2007, and August 21, 1983. Snowfall is not nearly as common as in Atlanta, due largely to Augusta's elevation, with downtown Augusta being about 900 ft (270 m) lower than downtown Atlanta. The heaviest recorded snowfall was in February 1973 with 14.0″ snowfall (35.56 cm)[19] Freezing rain is also a threat in wintertime.

Climate data for Augusta Regional Airport, Georgia (1991–2020 normals,[a] extremes 1871–present[b])
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 84
(29) 		88
(31) 		93
(34) 		96
(36) 		101
(38) 		106
(41) 		107
(42) 		108
(42) 		106
(41) 		101
(38) 		90
(32) 		84
(29) 		108
(42)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 76
(24) 		79
(26) 		85
(29) 		89
(32) 		94
(34) 		98
(37) 		100
(38) 		99
(37) 		95
(35) 		89
(32) 		82
(28) 		77
(25) 		101
(38)
Average high °F (°C) 59.6
(15.3) 		63.5
(17.5) 		71.0
(21.7) 		78.5
(25.8) 		85.9
(29.9) 		91.3
(32.9) 		94.1
(34.5) 		92.6
(33.7) 		87.8
(31.0) 		79.0
(26.1) 		69.1
(20.6) 		61.5
(16.4) 		77.8
(25.4)
Daily mean °F (°C) 47.4
(8.6) 		50.8
(10.4) 		57.5
(14.2) 		64.6
(18.1) 		72.7
(22.6) 		79.7
(26.5) 		82.8
(28.2) 		81.8
(27.7) 		76.4
(24.7) 		66.0
(18.9) 		55.6
(13.1) 		49.4
(9.7) 		65.4
(18.6)
Average low °F (°C) 35.3
(1.8) 		38.1
(3.4) 		44.1
(6.7) 		50.6
(10.3) 		59.6
(15.3) 		68.1
(20.1) 		71.6
(22.0) 		71.0
(21.7) 		65.0
(18.3) 		53.1
(11.7) 		42.2
(5.7) 		37.3
(2.9) 		53.0
(11.7)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 18
(−8) 		21
(−6) 		26
(−3) 		34
(1) 		44
(7) 		56
(13) 		63
(17) 		61
(16) 		50
(10) 		35
(2) 		25
(−4) 		21
(−6) 		16
(−9)
Record low °F (°C) −1
(−18) 		3
(−16) 		12
(−11) 		26
(−3) 		35
(2) 		46
(8) 		54
(12) 		52
(11) 		36
(2) 		22
(−6) 		11
(−12) 		5
(−15) 		−1
(−18)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.84
(98) 		3.67
(93) 		4.08
(104) 		2.92
(74) 		3.05
(77) 		4.75
(121) 		4.48
(114) 		4.61
(117) 		3.60
(91) 		2.56
(65) 		2.66
(68) 		3.87
(98) 		44.09
(1,120)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 0.4
(1.0) 		0.3
(0.76) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.1
(0.25) 		0.8
(2.0)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 9.9 9.1 8.6 7.6 7.9 11.1 11.3 11.1 7.9 6.4 7.0 9.4 107.3
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5
Average relative humidity (%) 69.8 65.8 65.0 64.5 69.6 71.3 73.9 76.5 76.2 73.3 71.9 71.6 70.8
Source: NOAA (relative humidity 1961–1990)[20][21][22]

Historic districts

Main article: Augusta Downtown Historic District

Augusta Downtown Historic District is a historic district that encompasses most of downtown Augusta and its pre-Civil War area. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[23]

Augusta also includes the:

Tallest buildings

Rank Name Image Height (feet) Height (meters) Floors Year Ref
1 Lamar Building   238 72 19 1918 [24]
2 River Place Condominiums   222 68 18 1991 [25]
3 Augusta University on Broad   220 67 17 1967 [26]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
18002,215—
18102,47611.8%
18306,710—
18406,403−4.6%
18509,44847.6%
186012,49332.2%
187015,38923.2%
188021,89142.3%
189033,30052.1%
190039,44118.4%
191041,0404.1%
192052,54828.0%
193060,34214.8%
194065,9199.2%
195071,5088.5%
196070,626−1.2%
197059,864−15.2%
198047,532−20.6%
199044,639−6.1%
2000195,182337.2%
2010195,8440.3%
2020202,0813.2%
Population 1800–2020.[27][28][4]

2020 census

Augusta racial composition[29]
Race Num. Perc.
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 111,535 55.19%
White (non-Hispanic) 65,721 32.52%
Native American 480 0.24%
Asian 3,898 1.93%
Pacific Islander 386 0.19%
Other/Mixed 8,790 4.35%
Hispanic or Latino 11,271 5.58%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 202,081 people, 66,838 households, and 41,517 families residing in the city.

2013

According to 2013 US Census estimates, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 197,350[30] not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe. In the 2010 census, Augusta–Richmond County had 195,844 residents. The population density was 647.5 inhabitants per square mile (250.0/km2).[31] There were 84,427 housing units at an average density of 279.5 per square mile (107.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city-county area was 64.7% Black or African American, 29.1% White, 0.3% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 1.3% some other race, and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 4.1% of the population.[32]

There were 75,208 households, out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.2% were headed by married couples living together, 22.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.09.[32]

In the city-county consolidated area the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 12.6% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.[32]

As of the 2000 census, the median income for a household in the city-county area was $37,231, and the median income for a family was $45,372. Males had a median income of $32,008 versus $23,988 for females. The per capita income for the balance was $19,558. About 13.2% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.1% of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.

Religion

The most-attended denomination is the Southern Baptist Convention, with 221 congregations and 114,351 members. The Catholic Church has 13 congregations and 31,687 members, while the United Methodist Church has 83 churches and 30,722 members. The National Baptist Convention had 26,671 members. The Presbyterian Church (USA) has 14 congregations and 4,500 members, the Presbyterian Church in America has 4,396 members in 14 churches.[33]

The Jewish community in Augusta dates back to the early 19th century. Today, there are two congregations: Congregation Children of Israel (Reform) and Adas Yeshurun (Conservative). There is also a Chabad-Lubavitch house. Around 1,300 Jews currently live in Augusta, who collectively support a Jewish Community Center.

Economy

Augusta is a regional center of medicine, biotechnology, and cyber security. Augusta University, the state's only public health sciences graduate university, employs over 7,000 people. Along with University Hospital, the Medical District of Augusta employs over 25,000 people and has an economic impact of over $1.8 billion.[34]

 
Fort Gordon is home to the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence which has led to a large increase in cyber jobs in the Augusta metro region.

The city's three largest employers are Augusta University, the Savannah River Site (a Department of Energy nuclear facility) and the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, which oversees training for Cyber, Signal Corps, and Electronic Warfare. Despite layoffs from several companies during the U.S. economic recession and a relatively high state unemployment rate,[35] the Augusta community has experienced a decrease in bankruptcy filings[36] and saw a slight decrease in the unemployment rate from late 2009 to March 2011. However, these unemployment numbers are misleading as spring brings lower unemployment rates due to the Masters Golf Tournament. While unemployment fell to a two-year low of 8.3% in April 2011, unemployment rates have since risen to 9.9% as of July 2011.[37]

 
TechNet Conference held in Augusta

With the establishment of the Georgia Cyber Center in Downtown Augusta, the Augusta metro region has become a hub for cyber security based companies looking to locate to the area in part as well to the establishment of the U.S. Army Cyber Command relocating to Fort Gordon from Fort Meade. Augusta plays host to TechNet on a yearly basis which brings in various military, government, and private sector leaders to the area to showcase new cyber related products as well as discussions on cyber based collaboration efforts between the public and private sectors.

Companies that have facilities, headquarters or distribution centers in the Augusta metro area include CareSouth, NutraSweet, T-Mobile, Covidien, Solo Cup Company, Automatic Data Processing, Graphic Packaging International, Solvay S.A., Bridgestone, Teleperformance, Olin Corporation, Sitel, E-Z-GO, Taxslayer, Elanco, KSB Company (Georgia Iron Works), Club Car (Worldwide Headquarters), Halocarbon, MTU Friedrichshafen (subsidiary of Tognum), Kimberly Clark Corporation, Nutrien (formerly PotashCorp), John Deere, Kellogg's and Delta Air Lines' baggage call center.[38]

Top employers

According to the Augusta Economic Development Authority,[39] the top manufacturing employers in the city are:

# Employer # of Employees
1 Textron Specialized Vehicles 1,350
2 Graphic Packaging International 963
3 Ferrara USA 900
4 FPL Food 660
5 Thermal Ceramics 400
6 Cardinal Health 390
7 Nutrien 390
8 Augusta Coca-Cola 300
9 Solvay Advanced Partners 300
10 Starbucks 260

The top public sector employers are:

# Employer # of Employees
1 Fort Gordon 29,252
2 Augusta University 6,775
3 NSA Georgia 6,000
4 Augusta University Health System 5,341
5 Richmond County School System 4,418
6 University Hospital 3,000
7 Augusta–Richmond County 2,840
8 Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center 2,082
9 Doctors Hospital 1,837
10 East Central Regional Hospital 1,400

Sports

Teams

The Augusta GreenJackets minor league baseball club, formerly located at Lake Olmstead Stadium in Augusta, now play at SRP Park along the Savannah River in North Augusta, South Carolina. The team began to play in 1988 as the Augusta Pirates, affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Later affiliated with the Boston Red Sox and the San Francisco Giants, the GreenJackets are now the Class A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves.[40]

The Augusta Lynx were a minor-league professional ice hockey team based in Augusta, Georgia. The Lynx played their home games at the James Brown Arena from 1998 until 2008. The Lynx, who played in the ECHL, had affiliations with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL and the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL.

The Augusta RiverHawks were a professional minor league ice hockey team. They played in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) from 2010 to 2013. They played their home games at the James Brown Arena.

The Augusta Stallions were a professional Arena football team founded in 1999. They were one of the 15 original teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference, before switching to the Southeast Division in 2001, and then the Eastern Division in 2002. The team folded in 2002.

The Augusta Rugby Football Club (ARFC)[41] is a division 2 men's club competing in the Palmetto Rugby Union,[42] part of the USA Rugby South Conference.[43]

Augusta has an all-female flat track roller derby team, the Soul City Sirens. Founded in 2008, this league is all-volunteer and skater-owned.[44]

Augusta is also home to the former Augusta 706ers, a minor league professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association. The team was founded in 2017 and stopped operations in December 2018 because of a lack of funds. The team played all home games at the James Brown Arena.

Club Sport League Venue
Augusta GreenJackets Baseball Low-A East SRP Park
Augusta Mad Dogs Rugby Palmetto Rugby Union Larry Bray Memorial Pitch
Augusta Furies Women's Rugby Carolinas Geographic Union Larry Bray Memorial Pitch
Soul City Sirens Roller derby WFTDA Red Wing Rollerway
Georgia Soul Basketball Women's American Basketball Association Butler High School Gymnasium

Tournaments

 
Tiger Woods at the practice rounds for the 2006 Masters Tournament

The city's famous golf course, the Augusta National Golf Club, hosts the first major golf tournament of each year, The Masters. This tournament is the most prestigious in the sport[45] and is one of the four major championships. The best professional and amateur golfers in the world come to Augusta during the first full week of April every year. The grounds of Augusta National are known for being pristine, and the course was ranked in 2009 as the third best golf course in the world by Golf Magazine.[46]

The city also has several disc golf facilities. The Augusta Top Gun Series is a series of tournaments sanctioned by the Professional Disc Golf Association. These tournaments are held at various venues in Augusta, including Pendleton King Park and Lake Olmstead.[47] Also, Augusta hosted the 2006 Professional Disc Golf World Championships. Along with Pendleton King and Lake Olmstead, two courses in North Augusta, SC was used for the tournament. 299 disc golfers from around the world attended the event, with Ken Climo winning the tournament and his 12th world championship.

Augusta hosted the Augusta Southern Nationals billed as "World's Richest Drag Boat Race" for 30 consecutive years. The event was held on the Savannah River near downtown in July until 2016. The race was part of the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series and was sanctioned by the International Hot Boat Association. The event benefited the Augusta Chapter of the Georgia Special Olympics with over 100 racing teams from 25 states competed annually for $140,000 in purse and prizes while trying to beat the course record of 252.94 mph (407.07 km/h).

 
Competitors cross the finish line at the Ironman 70.3 Augusta.

Augusta is the site of the Head of the South Regatta. The youth rowing regatta is held on the Savannah River and is usually scheduled for early November.

Augusta is also the host to one of the largest IRONMAN 70.3 competition in North America taking athletes through various cycling routes around Augusta, a running course through Downtown Augusta, and a opening swim on the Savannah River along Augusta's riverfront. Recently, Augusta has been the featured home of the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships which leads cyclists through various routes through Downtown Augusta and Fort Gordon. The city has also attracted visitors during the Nike EYBL Peach Jam Basketball Tournament held in neighboring North Augusta, South Carolina which features some of the top high school basketball players and teams across the United States.

Parks and recreation

  • Riverwalk Augusta – riverfront park along and on top of the city's levee
  • Augusta Common – green space linking Broad Street to Reynolds Street, with statue of James Oglethorpe
  • Augusta Canal – historic canal with bike/pedestrian path
  • Phinizy Swamp Nature Park – wetlands park with pedestrian/bike paths and boardwalks
  • Diamond Lakes Regional Park – in south Richmond County
  • Brookfield Park – public park featuring a playground, putting green, pedestrian/bike path, and a fountain in which children can play
  • Pendleton King – public park featuring a disc golf course, dog park, amphitheater, bike and running paths, and gardens

Law and government

In 1995, citizens of Augusta and unincorporated parts of Richmond County voted to consolidate their city and county governments. Citizens of Hephzibah and Blythe, also located in Richmond County, voted against joining in the merger, which took effect January 1, 1996. The unified government consists of a mayor and ten commissioners. Eight commissioners represent single-member districts, while two are elected at-large, each to represent a super district that encompasses half of Augusta-Richmond's population.[48] Law enforcement in Augusta is handled by the Richmond County Sheriff's Office which patrols the main city of Augusta and the unincorporated areas of Hephzibah and Blythe although both of these towns have their own police departments. Prior to consolidation, Augusta had a city police department and the Richmond County sheriff patrolled the unincorporated areas of the county. The consolidation charter deems the sheriff as the chief law enforcement officer of Richmond County. Augusta is one of the few consolidated city-counties in the state that retain the sheriff in a law enforcement capacity.

List of mayors

See List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia

Education

 
Allgood Hall at Augusta University

Colleges and universities

Main campuses
Satellite campuses

K–12 schools

 
Richmond County Board of Education central office

Public K–12 schools in Augusta are managed by the Richmond County School System. The school system contains 36 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, and the following eight high schools: Glenn Hills, Butler, Westside, Hephzibah, T. W. Josey, A.R.C. (Academy of Richmond County), Lucy Craft Laney, and Cross Creek. There are four magnet schools: C. T. Walker Traditional Magnet School, A. R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet High School, Davidson Fine Arts, and the Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School.

Private schools in Augusta include Aquinas High School, Episcopal Day School, Saint Mary on the Hill Catholic School, Immaculate Conception School, Hillcrest Baptist Church School, Curtis Baptist High School, Gracewood Baptist First Academy, Alleluia Community School, New Life Christian Academy, Charles Henry Terrell Academy, Heritage Academy, and Westminster Schools of Augusta. Augusta Christian Schools, Augusta First Seventh-day Adventist School, and Augusta Preparatory Day School serve Augusta, but are located in neighboring Martinez.

Transportation

Main article: Transportation in Augusta, Georgia

Augusta is linked to Atlanta to the west and Columbia, South Carolina, to the east by Interstate 20 (I-20). I-520 (Bobby Jones Expressway) extends from I-20 exit 196 through Augusta's western and southern suburban areas, eventually crossing the Savannah River to South Carolina, in which it is known as Palmetto Parkway.

U.S. Route 1 (US 1), along with State Route 4 (SR 4), connects Wrens. US 1 also links Augusta with Aiken, South Carolina. US 25 and SR 121 connects Waynesboro with Augusta; across the state line, US 25 and South Carolina Highway 121 (SC 121) links Augusta with Edgefield, South Carolina. US 78/US 278/SR 10, known locally as Gordon Highway, connects Thomson with Augusta. In South Carolina, US 1 and US 78 go through Aiken, South Carolina. US 78 further connects with Charleston, South Carolina. US 278 bypasses Aiken and serves as a connecting route to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Augusta has been mentioned as the east terminus of an proposed expansion of Interstate 14 that would begin in Midland-Odessa, Texas and run through Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia with hopes of connecting major military installations along the highway corridor such as Fort Hood, Fort Benning, Fort Gordon, and Camp Beauregard.

Augusta has also been mentioned another proposed interstate known as Interstate 3 that would go through the city from Savannah to Knoxville, Tennessee and it only runs through two states, Georgia, and Tennessee.

Major roads and expressways

Parts of Augusta are served by city transit service Augusta Public Transit (APT), but the main mode of transportation within the city is by car. Augusta is also served by a number of taxi companies.

Airports

The city has two airports: Augusta Regional Airport and Daniel Field. Augusta Regional Airport is served by three passenger airlines, including Delta, which offers mainline service to Atlanta.

Rail

Until the 1960s, the city's Augusta Union Station was a passenger rail hub, with trains arriving from the Atlantic Coast Line (as spur sections from Florence, South Carolina, from trains such as the Champion, Everglades and Palmetto), Georgia Railroad and Southern Railway (for example, the Aiken-Augusta Special from New York City). The last Seaboard Coast Line (the successor to the Atlantic Coast Line) train was a Florence-Augusta section of the Champion; this section ended in 1970.[50][51] The last train to the city was the unnamed daily in-state Georgia Railroad train between Atlanta and Augusta. This latter train, unofficially called The Georgia Cannonball, ran as a mixed train, until May 6, 1983.[52] Most trains went to the Union Station at Barrett Square. The Southern Railway trains went to the Southern Railway depot at Fifth and Reynolds Street. Today, freight service is handled by Norfolk Southern Railway's Georgia Division and Piedmont Division through their Augusta Yard and Nixon Yard located near the city. Norfolk Southern Trains such as the NS 191 and 192 pass through Augusta's downtown as they "street run" at 5 mph (8 km/h) down 6th street. They also cross the old Trestle over the Savannah River entering and leaving South Carolina. CSX Transportation Atlanta Division and Florence Division Trains also serve the Augusta, Georgia, area from the CSX Augusta Yard near Gordon Highway southwest of the city.

Pedestrians and cycling

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Augusta, Georgia

Sister cities

See also: List of sister cities in the United States

Augusta is twinned with:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.
  2. ^ Official records for Augusta were kept at downtown from February 1871 to March 1944, Daniel Field from April 1944 to June 1950, and at Bush Field / Augusta Regional Airport since July 1950. For more information, see Threadex

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Further reading

  • Allen, Carrie. "“I Got That Something That Makes Me Want to Shout”: James Brown, Religion, and Gospel Music in Augusta, Georgia." Journal of the Society for American Music 5.4 (2011): 535-555. online
  • Allen, Carrie A. " 'When We Send Up the praises': Race, Identity, and Gospel Music in Augusta, Georgia." Black Music Research Journal (2007): 79-95. online; also online at JSTOR
  • Bellamy, Donnie D., and Diane E. Walker. "Slaveholding in Antebellum Augusta and Richmond County, Georgia." Phylon 48.2 (1987): 165-177 online; also online in JSTOR.
  • Brown, Russell K. "Post-Civil War Violence in Augusta, Georgia." Georgia Historical Quarterly 90.2 (2006): 196-213 online.
  • Brown, Russell K. "Augusta's Other Voice: James Gardner and the Constitutionalist." Georgia Historical Quarterly 85.4 (2001): 592-607 online.
  • Cashin, Edward J., and Glenn T. Eskew, eds. Paternalism in a Southern City: Race, Religion, and Gender in Augusta, Georgia (U of Georgia Press, 2001).
  • Curtis, William S. "Unorthodox British Technology at the Confederate Gunpowder Works, Augusta, Georgia, 1862–1865." in Gunpowder, Explosives and the State (Routledge, 2016) pp. 263–272.
  • Fleming, Berry. Autobiography of a Colony: The First Half-century of Augusta, Georgia (U of Georgia Press, 2009).
  • Gourley, Bruce T. "A Journey of Faith and Community: The Story of the First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia." Baptist History & Heritage 51.3 (2016).
  • Griffin, Richard W. "The Augusta (Georgia) Manufacturing Company in Peace, War, and Reconstruction, 1847–1877." Business History Review 32.1 (1958): 60–73.
  • Herrington, Philip Mills. "Agricultural and Architectural Reform in the Antebellum South: Fruitland at Augusta, Georgia." Journal of Southern History 78.4 (2012): 855-886 online.
  • Hutchinson, Glenn, and Maurice R. Brewster. Population Mobility: A Study of Family Movements Affecting Augusta, Georgia, 1899-1939 (Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration of Georgia, 1942) online.
  • Jones, Charles Colcock. Memorial History of Augusta, Georgia: From Its Settlement in 1735 to the Close of the Eighteenth Century (D. Mason, 1890) online.
  • Joiner, Sean, and Gerald J. Smith. Augusta, Georgia (Arcadia Publishing, 2004); Focus on Blacks; heavily illustrated. online
  • McCrary, Peyton. "The dynamics of minority vote dilution: The case of Augusta, Georgia, 1945-1986." Journal of Urban History 25.2 (1999): 199–225.
  • Sampson, Curt. The Masters: golf, money, and power in Augusta, Georgia (Villard Books, 1999) online.
  • Souther, J. Mark. "Making 'The Garden City of the South': Beautification, Preservation, and Downtown Planning in Augusta, Georgia." Journal of Planning History 20.2 (2021): 87-116 online.
  • Werner, Randolph D. "The New South Creed and the Limits of Radicalism: Augusta, Georgia, before the 1890s." Journal of Southern History 67.3 (2001): 573-600 online.
  • Whites, LeeAnn. Civil War as a Crisis in Gender: Augusta, Georgia, 1860-1890 (University of Georgia Press, 2000).
  • Whites, LeeAnn. The Charitable and the Poor: The Emergence of Domestic Politics in Augusta, Georgia, 1860–1880 (KG Saur, 2012).
  • Zecher, Sara Elizabeth. "The economic role of universities in medium-sized cities: a case study of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia" (Diss. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005) online.

External links

 
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  • Augusta Economic Development Authority homepage
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  • Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection: African-Americans in the Augusta, Ga. Vicinity (Richmond Co.), ca. 1872–1898 from the Digital Library of Georgia
  • Picturing Augusta: Historic Postcards from the Collection of the East Central Georgia Regional Library
  • "Augusta, a city of Georgia" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.

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Augusta e ˈ ɡ ʌ s t e e GUSS te officially Augusta Richmond County is a consolidated city county on the central eastern border of the U S state of Georgia The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion Georgia s third largest city after Atlanta and Columbus Augusta is located in the Fall Line section of the state Augusta GeorgiaConsolidated city countyAugusta Richmond CountyClockwise from top Downtown Augusta on Broad Street Riverwalk Augusta on the Savannah River Sacred Heart Cultural Center Old Government House Augusta Canal with the Enterprise Mill in the background Augusta University Augusta National Golf ClubNickname The Garden City Motto We Feel Good Location within Richmond CountyCoordinates 33 28 12 N 81 58 30 W 33 47000 N 81 97500 W 33 47000 81 97500 Coordinates 33 28 12 N 81 58 30 W 33 47000 N 81 97500 W 33 47000 81 97500Country United StatesState GeorgiaCountiesRichmondEstablished1736 1 City county consolidation1996 1 Founded byJames OglethorpeNamed forPrincess Augusta of Saxe GothaGovernment MayorGarnett Johnson I Area 2 Consolidated city county306 44 sq mi 797 70 km2 Land302 28 sq mi 782 90 km2 Water4 17 sq mi 10 80 km2 Elevation 3 136 ft 45 m Population 2020 4 Consolidated city county202 081 Rank116th in the United States3rd in Georgia Density668 52 sq mi 258 12 km2 Urban431 480 US 95th Urban density1 578 8 sq mi 609 6 km2 Metro 5 611 000 US 95th Time zoneUTC 5 EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP codes30901 30904 30906 30907 30909 30912 6 30815Area codes706 762 7 8 WebsiteAugustaGA govAccording to the U S Census Bureau Augusta Richmond County had a 2020 population of 202 081 4 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Blythe and Hephzibah 9 It is the 116th largest city in the United States The process of consolidation between the City of Augusta and Richmond County began with a 1995 referendum in the two jurisdictions The merger was completed on July 1 1996 Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta metropolitan area In 2020 it had a population of 611 000 5 making it the second largest metro area in the state It is the 95th largest metropolitan area in the United States Augusta was established in 1736 and is named in honor of Princess Augusta of Saxe Gotha 1719 1772 the bride of Frederick Prince of Wales and the mother of the British monarch George III 1 During the American Civil War Augusta housed the principal Confederate powder works 10 Augusta s warm climate made it a major resort town of the Eastern United States in the early and mid 20th century Internationally Augusta is best known for hosting The Masters golf tournament each spring The Masters brings over 200 000 visitors from around the world to the Augusta National Golf Club Membership at Augusta National is widely considered to be the most exclusive in the sport of golf around the world Augusta lies approximately two hours away from downtown Atlanta by car via I 20 The city is home to Fort Gordon a major U S Army base In 2016 it was announced that the new National Cyber Security Headquarters would be based in Augusta Contents 1 History 1 1 Hyde Park 2 Geography 2 1 Climate 2 2 Historic districts 2 3 Tallest buildings 3 Demographics 3 1 2020 census 3 2 2013 3 3 Religion 4 Economy 4 1 Top employers 5 Sports 5 1 Teams 5 2 Tournaments 6 Parks and recreation 7 Law and government 8 List of mayors 9 Education 9 1 Colleges and universities 9 2 K 12 schools 10 Transportation 10 1 Major roads and expressways 10 2 Airports 10 3 Rail 10 4 Pedestrians and cycling 11 Notable people 12 Sister cities 13 See also 14 Notes 15 References 16 Further reading 17 External linksHistory EditMain articles History of Augusta Georgia and Timeline of Augusta Georgia The area along the river was long inhabited by varying cultures of indigenous peoples who relied on the river for fish water and transportation The site of Augusta was used by Native Americans as a place to cross the Savannah River because of its location on the fall line James Oglethorpe Founder of Augusta In 1735 two years after James Oglethorpe founded Savannah he sent a detachment of troops to explore the upper Savannah River He gave them an order to build a fort at the head of the navigable part of the river The expedition was led by Noble Jones who created a settlement as a first line of defense for coastal areas against potential Spanish or French invasion from the interior 11 Oglethorpe named the town in honor of Princess Augusta the mother of King George III and the wife of Frederick Prince of Wales Oglethorpe visited Augusta in September 1739 on his return to Savannah from a perilous visit to Coweta Town near present day Phenix City Alabama 12 There he had met with a convention of 7 000 Native American warriors and concluded a peace treaty with them in their territories in northern and western Georgia 13 Augusta was the second state capital of Georgia from 1785 until 1795 alternating for a period with Savannah the first Augusta developed rapidly as a market town as the Black Belt in the Piedmont was developed for cotton cultivation Invention of the cotton gin made processing of short staple cotton profitable and this type of cotton was well suited to the upland areas Cotton plantations were worked by slave labor with hundreds of thousands of slaves shipped from the Upper South to the Deep South in the domestic slave trade Many of the slaves were brought from the Lowcountry where their Gullah culture had developed on the large Sea Island cotton and rice plantations During the Civil War Augusta was home to many war industries including powder works facilities After the war Augusta had a booming textile industry leading to the construction of many mills along the Augusta Canal to include Enterprise Mill Sibley Mill and King Mill The city experienced the Augusta Fire of 1916 which damaged 25 blocks of the town and many buildings of historical significance As a major city in the area Augusta was a center of activities during Reconstruction and after In the mid 20th century it was a site of civil rights demonstrations In 1970 Charles Oatman a mentally disabled teenager was killed by his cellmates in an Augusta jail A protest against his death broke out in a riot involving 500 people after six black men were killed by police 14 each found to have been shot in the back 15 The noted singer and entertainer James Brown was called in to help quell lingering tensions which he succeeded in doing 14 Hyde Park Edit In 1993 an area known as Hyde Park in Augusta Georgia was investigated by the EPA for contamination The investigation totaled 1 2 million 16 Air groundwater and soil were all believed to be contaminated and people living in the area were hoping for government assistance to move away from Hyde Park Two of five neighborhoods in Hyde Park appeared to have arsenic chromium and dioxin while all five were found to have PCBs and lead 16 However residents were told it was not a risk to their health unless they somehow ingested it on a regular basis At the time the article was written the citizens still questioned why the EPA and ATSDR Agency for Toxic Disease Registry did not consider these chemicals as a threat to them Hyde Park also has higher rates of certain illnesses such as cancer infections rashes than the average in America and the citizens question why that is not considered 16 Geography EditAugusta is located along the Georgia South Carolina border about 150 mi 240 km east of Atlanta and 70 mi 110 km west of Columbia The city is located at 33 28 12 N 81 58 30 W 33 47000 N 81 97500 W 33 47000 81 97500 33 4700 81 9750 17 Augusta on July 8 2022 with north oriented towards the upper right taken from the International Space Station According to the United States Census Bureau the Augusta Richmond County balance has a total area of 306 5 sq mi 793 8 km2 of which 302 1 sq mi 782 4 km2 is land and 4 3 sq mi 11 1 km2 1 42 is water The Augusta Canal Augusta is located about halfway up the Savannah River on the fall line which creates a number of small falls on the river The city marks the end of a navigable waterway for the river and the entry to the Georgia Piedmont area The Clarks Hill Dam is built on the fall line near Augusta forming Clarks Hill Lake Farther downstream near the border of Columbia County is the Stevens Creek Dam which generates hydroelectric power Even farther downstream is the Augusta Diversion Dam which marks the beginning of the Augusta Canal and channels Savannah River waters into the canal 18 Climate Edit As with the rest of the state Augusta has a humid subtropical climate Koppen Cfa with short mild winters very hot humid summers and a wide diurnal temperature variation throughout much of the year despite its low elevation and humidity The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 45 4 F 7 4 C in January to 81 6 F 27 6 C in July there are 53 nights with the low reaching the freezing mark 82 days reaching or exceeding 90 F 32 C and 5 5 days reaching 100 F 38 C annually Extreme temperatures range from 1 F 18 C on January 21 1985 up to 108 F 42 C on August 10 2007 and August 21 1983 Snowfall is not nearly as common as in Atlanta due largely to Augusta s elevation with downtown Augusta being about 900 ft 270 m lower than downtown Atlanta The heaviest recorded snowfall was in February 1973 with 14 0 snowfall 35 56 cm 19 Freezing rain is also a threat in wintertime Climate data for Augusta Regional Airport Georgia 1991 2020 normals a extremes 1871 present b Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high F C 84 29 88 31 93 34 96 36 101 38 106 41 107 42 108 42 106 41 101 38 90 32 84 29 108 42 Mean maximum F C 76 24 79 26 85 29 89 32 94 34 98 37 100 38 99 37 95 35 89 32 82 28 77 25 101 38 Average high F C 59 6 15 3 63 5 17 5 71 0 21 7 78 5 25 8 85 9 29 9 91 3 32 9 94 1 34 5 92 6 33 7 87 8 31 0 79 0 26 1 69 1 20 6 61 5 16 4 77 8 25 4 Daily mean F C 47 4 8 6 50 8 10 4 57 5 14 2 64 6 18 1 72 7 22 6 79 7 26 5 82 8 28 2 81 8 27 7 76 4 24 7 66 0 18 9 55 6 13 1 49 4 9 7 65 4 18 6 Average low F C 35 3 1 8 38 1 3 4 44 1 6 7 50 6 10 3 59 6 15 3 68 1 20 1 71 6 22 0 71 0 21 7 65 0 18 3 53 1 11 7 42 2 5 7 37 3 2 9 53 0 11 7 Mean minimum F C 18 8 21 6 26 3 34 1 44 7 56 13 63 17 61 16 50 10 35 2 25 4 21 6 16 9 Record low F C 1 18 3 16 12 11 26 3 35 2 46 8 54 12 52 11 36 2 22 6 11 12 5 15 1 18 Average precipitation inches mm 3 84 98 3 67 93 4 08 104 2 92 74 3 05 77 4 75 121 4 48 114 4 61 117 3 60 91 2 56 65 2 66 68 3 87 98 44 09 1 120 Average snowfall inches cm 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 0 8 2 0 Average precipitation days 0 01 in 9 9 9 1 8 6 7 6 7 9 11 1 11 3 11 1 7 9 6 4 7 0 9 4 107 3Average snowy days 0 1 in 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5Average relative humidity 69 8 65 8 65 0 64 5 69 6 71 3 73 9 76 5 76 2 73 3 71 9 71 6 70 8Source NOAA relative humidity 1961 1990 20 21 22 Historic districts Edit Main article Augusta Downtown Historic District Sacred Heart Cultural Center Augusta Downtown Historic District is a historic district that encompasses most of downtown Augusta and its pre Civil War area It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 23 Augusta also includes the Bethlehem Historic District Broad Street Historic District Greene Street Historic District Harrisburg West End Historic District Laney Walker North Historic District Paine College Historic District Pinched Gut Historic District Sand Hills Historic District Summerville Historic DistrictTallest buildings Edit Rank Name Image Height feet Height meters Floors Year Ref1 Lamar Building 238 72 19 1918 24 2 River Place Condominiums 222 68 18 1991 25 3 Augusta University on Broad 220 67 17 1967 26 Demographics EditHistorical populationCensus Pop 18002 215 18102 47611 8 18306 710 18406 403 4 6 18509 44847 6 186012 49332 2 187015 38923 2 188021 89142 3 189033 30052 1 190039 44118 4 191041 0404 1 192052 54828 0 193060 34214 8 194065 9199 2 195071 5088 5 196070 626 1 2 197059 864 15 2 198047 532 20 6 199044 639 6 1 2000195 182337 2 2010195 8440 3 2020202 0813 2 Population 1800 2020 27 28 4 2020 census Edit Augusta racial composition 29 Race Num Perc Black or African American non Hispanic 111 535 55 19 White non Hispanic 65 721 32 52 Native American 480 0 24 Asian 3 898 1 93 Pacific Islander 386 0 19 Other Mixed 8 790 4 35 Hispanic or Latino 11 271 5 58 As of the 2020 United States census there were 202 081 people 66 838 households and 41 517 families residing in the city 2013 Edit According to 2013 US Census estimates the Augusta Richmond County population was 197 350 30 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe In the 2010 census Augusta Richmond County had 195 844 residents The population density was 647 5 inhabitants per square mile 250 0 km2 31 There were 84 427 housing units at an average density of 279 5 per square mile 107 9 km2 The racial makeup of the city county area was 64 7 Black or African American 29 1 White 0 3 Native American 1 7 Asian 0 2 Pacific Islander 1 3 some other race and 2 6 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 4 1 of the population 32 There were 75 208 households out of which 28 0 had children under the age of 18 living with them 35 2 were headed by married couples living together 22 7 had a female householder with no husband present and 37 1 were non families 30 7 of all households were made up of individuals and 8 8 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 46 and the average family size was 3 09 32 In the city county consolidated area the population was spread out with 24 6 under the age of 18 12 6 from 18 to 24 26 7 from 25 to 44 24 8 from 45 to 64 and 11 3 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 33 0 years For every 100 females there were 93 8 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90 7 males 32 As of the 2000 census the median income for a household in the city county area was 37 231 and the median income for a family was 45 372 Males had a median income of 32 008 versus 23 988 for females The per capita income for the balance was 19 558 About 13 2 of families and 16 8 of the population were below the poverty line including 24 1 of those under age 18 and 12 5 of those age 65 or over Religion Edit The most attended denomination is the Southern Baptist Convention with 221 congregations and 114 351 members The Catholic Church has 13 congregations and 31 687 members while the United Methodist Church has 83 churches and 30 722 members The National Baptist Convention had 26 671 members The Presbyterian Church USA has 14 congregations and 4 500 members the Presbyterian Church in America has 4 396 members in 14 churches 33 The Jewish community in Augusta dates back to the early 19th century Today there are two congregations Congregation Children of Israel Reform and Adas Yeshurun Conservative There is also a Chabad Lubavitch house Around 1 300 Jews currently live in Augusta who collectively support a Jewish Community Center Economy EditAugusta is a regional center of medicine biotechnology and cyber security Augusta University the state s only public health sciences graduate university employs over 7 000 people Along with University Hospital the Medical District of Augusta employs over 25 000 people and has an economic impact of over 1 8 billion 34 Fort Gordon is home to the U S Army Cyber Center of Excellence which has led to a large increase in cyber jobs in the Augusta metro region The city s three largest employers are Augusta University the Savannah River Site a Department of Energy nuclear facility and the U S Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon which oversees training for Cyber Signal Corps and Electronic Warfare Despite layoffs from several companies during the U S economic recession and a relatively high state unemployment rate 35 the Augusta community has experienced a decrease in bankruptcy filings 36 and saw a slight decrease in the unemployment rate from late 2009 to March 2011 However these unemployment numbers are misleading as spring brings lower unemployment rates due to the Masters Golf Tournament While unemployment fell to a two year low of 8 3 in April 2011 unemployment rates have since risen to 9 9 as of July 2011 37 TechNet Conference held in Augusta With the establishment of the Georgia Cyber Center in Downtown Augusta the Augusta metro region has become a hub for cyber security based companies looking to locate to the area in part as well to the establishment of the U S Army Cyber Command relocating to Fort Gordon from Fort Meade Augusta plays host to TechNet on a yearly basis which brings in various military government and private sector leaders to the area to showcase new cyber related products as well as discussions on cyber based collaboration efforts between the public and private sectors Companies that have facilities headquarters or distribution centers in the Augusta metro area include CareSouth NutraSweet T Mobile Covidien Solo Cup Company Automatic Data Processing Graphic Packaging International Solvay S A Bridgestone Teleperformance Olin Corporation Sitel E Z GO Taxslayer Elanco KSB Company Georgia Iron Works Club Car Worldwide Headquarters Halocarbon MTU Friedrichshafen subsidiary of Tognum Kimberly Clark Corporation Nutrien formerly PotashCorp John Deere Kellogg s and Delta Air Lines baggage call center 38 Top employers Edit According to the Augusta Economic Development Authority 39 the top manufacturing employers in the city are Employer of Employees1 Textron Specialized Vehicles 1 3502 Graphic Packaging International 9633 Ferrara USA 9004 FPL Food 6605 Thermal Ceramics 4006 Cardinal Health 3907 Nutrien 3908 Augusta Coca Cola 3009 Solvay Advanced Partners 30010 Starbucks 260The top public sector employers are Employer of Employees1 Fort Gordon 29 2522 Augusta University 6 7753 NSA Georgia 6 0004 Augusta University Health System 5 3415 Richmond County School System 4 4186 University Hospital 3 0007 Augusta Richmond County 2 8408 Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center 2 0829 Doctors Hospital 1 83710 East Central Regional Hospital 1 400Sports EditTeams Edit The Augusta GreenJackets minor league baseball club formerly located at Lake Olmstead Stadium in Augusta now play at SRP Park along the Savannah River in North Augusta South Carolina The team began to play in 1988 as the Augusta Pirates affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates Later affiliated with the Boston Red Sox and the San Francisco Giants the GreenJackets are now the Class A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves 40 The Augusta Lynx were a minor league professional ice hockey team based in Augusta Georgia The Lynx played their home games at the James Brown Arena from 1998 until 2008 The Lynx who played in the ECHL had affiliations with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL and the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL The Augusta RiverHawks were a professional minor league ice hockey team They played in the Southern Professional Hockey League SPHL from 2010 to 2013 They played their home games at the James Brown Arena The Augusta Stallions were a professional Arena football team founded in 1999 They were one of the 15 original teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season They started off in the American Conference before switching to the Southeast Division in 2001 and then the Eastern Division in 2002 The team folded in 2002 The Augusta Rugby Football Club ARFC 41 is a division 2 men s club competing in the Palmetto Rugby Union 42 part of the USA Rugby South Conference 43 Augusta has an all female flat track roller derby team the Soul City Sirens Founded in 2008 this league is all volunteer and skater owned 44 Augusta is also home to the former Augusta 706ers a minor league professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association The team was founded in 2017 and stopped operations in December 2018 because of a lack of funds The team played all home games at the James Brown Arena Club Sport League VenueAugusta GreenJackets Baseball Low A East SRP ParkAugusta Mad Dogs Rugby Palmetto Rugby Union Larry Bray Memorial PitchAugusta Furies Women s Rugby Carolinas Geographic Union Larry Bray Memorial PitchSoul City Sirens Roller derby WFTDA Red Wing RollerwayGeorgia Soul Basketball Women s American Basketball Association Butler High School GymnasiumTournaments Edit Tiger Woods at the practice rounds for the 2006 Masters Tournament The city s famous golf course the Augusta National Golf Club hosts the first major golf tournament of each year The Masters This tournament is the most prestigious in the sport 45 and is one of the four major championships The best professional and amateur golfers in the world come to Augusta during the first full week of April every year The grounds of Augusta National are known for being pristine and the course was ranked in 2009 as the third best golf course in the world by Golf Magazine 46 The city also has several disc golf facilities The Augusta Top Gun Series is a series of tournaments sanctioned by the Professional Disc Golf Association These tournaments are held at various venues in Augusta including Pendleton King Park and Lake Olmstead 47 Also Augusta hosted the 2006 Professional Disc Golf World Championships Along with Pendleton King and Lake Olmstead two courses in North Augusta SC was used for the tournament 299 disc golfers from around the world attended the event with Ken Climo winning the tournament and his 12th world championship Augusta hosted the Augusta Southern Nationals billed as World s Richest Drag Boat Race for 30 consecutive years The event was held on the Savannah River near downtown in July until 2016 The race was part of the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series and was sanctioned by the International Hot Boat Association The event benefited the Augusta Chapter of the Georgia Special Olympics with over 100 racing teams from 25 states competed annually for 140 000 in purse and prizes while trying to beat the course record of 252 94 mph 407 07 km h Competitors cross the finish line at the Ironman 70 3 Augusta Augusta is the site of the Head of the South Regatta The youth rowing regatta is held on the Savannah River and is usually scheduled for early November Augusta is also the host to one of the largest IRONMAN 70 3 competition in North America taking athletes through various cycling routes around Augusta a running course through Downtown Augusta and a opening swim on the Savannah River along Augusta s riverfront Recently Augusta has been the featured home of the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships which leads cyclists through various routes through Downtown Augusta and Fort Gordon The city has also attracted visitors during the Nike EYBL Peach Jam Basketball Tournament held in neighboring North Augusta South Carolina which features some of the top high school basketball players and teams across the United States Parks and recreation EditRiverwalk Augusta riverfront park along and on top of the city s levee Augusta Common green space linking Broad Street to Reynolds Street with statue of James Oglethorpe Augusta Canal historic canal with bike pedestrian path Phinizy Swamp Nature Park wetlands park with pedestrian bike paths and boardwalks Diamond Lakes Regional Park in south Richmond County Brookfield Park public park featuring a playground putting green pedestrian bike path and a fountain in which children can play Pendleton King public park featuring a disc golf course dog park amphitheater bike and running paths and gardensLaw and government EditIn 1995 citizens of Augusta and unincorporated parts of Richmond County voted to consolidate their city and county governments Citizens of Hephzibah and Blythe also located in Richmond County voted against joining in the merger which took effect January 1 1996 The unified government consists of a mayor and ten commissioners Eight commissioners represent single member districts while two are elected at large each to represent a super district that encompasses half of Augusta Richmond s population 48 Law enforcement in Augusta is handled by the Richmond County Sheriff s Office which patrols the main city of Augusta and the unincorporated areas of Hephzibah and Blythe although both of these towns have their own police departments Prior to consolidation Augusta had a city police department and the Richmond County sheriff patrolled the unincorporated areas of the county The consolidation charter deems the sheriff as the chief law enforcement officer of Richmond County Augusta is one of the few consolidated city counties in the state that retain the sheriff in a law enforcement capacity List of mayors EditSee List of mayors of Augusta GeorgiaEducation Edit Allgood Hall at Augusta University Colleges and universities Edit Main campusesAugusta Technical College state technical college Augusta University public research university Paine College private Methodist historically black college Satellite campusesEast Georgia State College state four year college main campus located in Swainsboro Georgia Military College state funded military college main campus located in Milledgeville Brenau University private not for profit undergraduate and graduate level higher education main campus located in Gainesville GeorgiaK 12 schools Edit Richmond County Board of Education central officePublic K 12 schools in Augusta are managed by the Richmond County School System The school system contains 36 elementary schools 10 middle schools and the following eight high schools Glenn Hills Butler Westside Hephzibah T W Josey A R C Academy of Richmond County Lucy Craft Laney and Cross Creek There are four magnet schools C T Walker Traditional Magnet School A R Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet High School Davidson Fine Arts and the Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School Private schools in Augusta include Aquinas High School Episcopal Day School Saint Mary on the Hill Catholic School Immaculate Conception School Hillcrest Baptist Church School Curtis Baptist High School Gracewood Baptist First Academy Alleluia Community School New Life Christian Academy Charles Henry Terrell Academy Heritage Academy and Westminster Schools of Augusta Augusta Christian Schools Augusta First Seventh day Adventist School and Augusta Preparatory Day School serve Augusta but are located in neighboring Martinez Transportation EditMain article Transportation in Augusta Georgia Augusta is linked to Atlanta to the west and Columbia South Carolina to the east by Interstate 20 I 20 I 520 Bobby Jones Expressway extends from I 20 exit 196 through Augusta s western and southern suburban areas eventually crossing the Savannah River to South Carolina in which it is known as Palmetto Parkway U S Route 1 US 1 along with State Route 4 SR 4 connects Wrens US 1 also links Augusta with Aiken South Carolina US 25 and SR 121 connects Waynesboro with Augusta across the state line US 25 and South Carolina Highway 121 SC 121 links Augusta with Edgefield South Carolina US 78 US 278 SR 10 known locally as Gordon Highway connects Thomson with Augusta In South Carolina US 1 and US 78 go through Aiken South Carolina US 78 further connects with Charleston South Carolina US 278 bypasses Aiken and serves as a connecting route to Hilton Head Island South Carolina Augusta has been mentioned as the east terminus of an proposed expansion of Interstate 14 that would begin in Midland Odessa Texas and run through Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Georgia with hopes of connecting major military installations along the highway corridor such as Fort Hood Fort Benning Fort Gordon and Camp Beauregard Augusta has also been mentioned another proposed interstate known as Interstate 3 that would go through the city from Savannah to Knoxville Tennessee and it only runs through two states Georgia and Tennessee Major roads and expressways Edit I 20 Carl Sanders Highway I 520 Bobby Jones Expressway Deputy James D Paugh Memorial Highway US 1 Deans Bridge Road from Jefferson County line to Gordon Highway Gordon Highway from Deans Bridge Road to South Carolina state line Fall Line Freeway from Jefferson County line to I 520 US 25 Peach Orchard Road entire length Gordon Highway from Peach Orchard Road to South Carolina state line US 25 Bus Broad Street 13th Street US 78 US 278 Gordon Highway SR 4 follows US 1 from Jefferson County line to Gordon Highway leaves Georgia at James U Jackson Memorial Bridge SR 28 various roads including John C Calhoun Expressway and Washington Road SR 56 Mike Padgett Highway SR 88 in southern Richmond County SR 104 Washington Road Pleasant Home Road River Watch Parkway SR 104 Conn Washington Road SR 232 Columbia Road Bobby Jones Expressway SR 383 Jimmie Dyess Parkway SR 540 Fall Line Freeway Deans Bridge Road from Jefferson County line to I 520 49 SR 555 SR 565 Savannah River Parkway Peach Orchard Road from Burke County line to I 520 Parts of Augusta are served by city transit service Augusta Public Transit APT but the main mode of transportation within the city is by car Augusta is also served by a number of taxi companies Airports Edit The city has two airports Augusta Regional Airport and Daniel Field Augusta Regional Airport is served by three passenger airlines including Delta which offers mainline service to Atlanta Rail Edit Until the 1960s the city s Augusta Union Station was a passenger rail hub with trains arriving from the Atlantic Coast Line as spur sections from Florence South Carolina from trains such as the Champion Everglades and Palmetto Georgia Railroad and Southern Railway for example the Aiken Augusta Special from New York City The last Seaboard Coast Line the successor to the Atlantic Coast Line train was a Florence Augusta section of the Champion this section ended in 1970 50 51 The last train to the city was the unnamed daily in state Georgia Railroad train between Atlanta and Augusta This latter train unofficially called The Georgia Cannonball ran as a mixed train until May 6 1983 52 Most trains went to the Union Station at Barrett Square The Southern Railway trains went to the Southern Railway depot at Fifth and Reynolds Street Today freight service is handled by Norfolk Southern Railway s Georgia Division and Piedmont Division through their Augusta Yard and Nixon Yard located near the city Norfolk Southern Trains such as the NS 191 and 192 pass through Augusta s downtown as they street run at 5 mph 8 km h down 6th street They also cross the old Trestle over the Savannah River entering and leaving South Carolina CSX Transportation Atlanta Division and Florence Division Trains also serve the Augusta Georgia area from the CSX Augusta Yard near Gordon Highway southwest of the city Pedestrians and cycling Edit Augusta Canal Historic Trail New Bartram Trail Phinizy Swamp Constructed Wetlands Trail River Levee Trail Riverwalk Augusta TrailNotable people EditMain article List of people from Augusta GeorgiaSister cities EditSee also List of sister cities in the United States Augusta is twinned with Biarritz Pyrenees Atlantiques France 53 Takarazuka Hyōgo JapanSee also Edit Cities portalArts and culture in Augusta Georgia James Brown Arena List of mayors of Augusta Georgia List of people from Augusta Georgia Media in Augusta Georgia Medical District Augusta Georgia Old Government House Augusta Georgia Summerville Augusta Georgia List of U S cities with large Black populationsNotes Edit Mean monthly maxima and minima i e the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020 Official records for Augusta were kept at downtown from February 1871 to March 1944 Daniel Field from April 1944 to June 1950 and at Bush Field Augusta Regional Airport since July 1950 For more information see ThreadexReferences Edit a b c History Archived from the original on May 27 2010 Retrieved December 22 2009 2021 U S Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on September 8 2021 Retrieved October 4 2021 Augusta Facts Archived from the original on May 27 2010 Retrieved December 22 2009 a b c QuickFacts Augusta Richmond County consolidated government balance Georgia United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on November 26 2021 Retrieved October 4 2021 a b 2020 Population and Housing State Data United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on August 24 2021 Retrieved October 2 2021 USPS com ZIP Code Lookup Archived from the original on November 4 2010 Get your digits straight chronicle augusta com chronicle augusta com Archived from the original on September 24 2009 Retrieved May 28 2008 762 on way to phone near you Archived from the original on September 27 2009 Retrieved May 28 2008 2017 U S Census Estimates List of 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9 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Seaboard Coast Line timetable April 26 1970 Table 3 Seaboard Coast Line timetable December 1 1970 Table 4 Cox Jim 2011 Rails across dixie a history of passenger trains in the American South Jefferson N C McFarland p 246 ISBN 9780786445288 OCLC 609716000 Twin towns Biarritz official website Biarritz fr Archived from the original on July 29 2013 Retrieved May 11 2013 Further reading EditAllen Carrie I Got That Something That Makes Me Want to Shout James Brown Religion and Gospel Music in Augusta Georgia Journal of the Society for American Music 5 4 2011 535 555 online Allen Carrie A When We Send Up the praises Race Identity and Gospel Music in Augusta Georgia Black Music Research Journal 2007 79 95 online also online at JSTOR Bellamy Donnie D and Diane E Walker Slaveholding in Antebellum Augusta and Richmond County Georgia Phylon 48 2 1987 165 177 online also online in JSTOR Brown Russell K Post Civil War Violence in Augusta Georgia Georgia Historical Quarterly 90 2 2006 196 213 online Brown Russell K Augusta s Other Voice James Gardner and the Constitutionalist Georgia Historical Quarterly 85 4 2001 592 607 online Cashin Edward J and Glenn T Eskew eds Paternalism in a Southern City Race Religion and Gender in Augusta Georgia U of Georgia Press 2001 Curtis William S Unorthodox British Technology at the Confederate Gunpowder Works Augusta Georgia 1862 1865 in Gunpowder Explosives and the State Routledge 2016 pp 263 272 Fleming Berry Autobiography of a Colony The First Half century of Augusta Georgia U of Georgia Press 2009 Gourley Bruce T A Journey of Faith and Community The Story of the First Baptist Church of Augusta Georgia Baptist History amp Heritage 51 3 2016 Griffin Richard W The Augusta Georgia Manufacturing Company in Peace War and Reconstruction 1847 1877 Business History Review 32 1 1958 60 73 Herrington Philip Mills Agricultural and Architectural Reform in the Antebellum South Fruitland at Augusta Georgia Journal of Southern History 78 4 2012 855 886 online Hutchinson Glenn and Maurice R Brewster Population Mobility A Study of Family Movements Affecting Augusta Georgia 1899 1939 Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration of Georgia 1942 online Jones Charles Colcock Memorial History of Augusta Georgia From Its Settlement in 1735 to the Close of the Eighteenth Century D Mason 1890 online Joiner Sean and Gerald J Smith Augusta Georgia Arcadia Publishing 2004 Focus on Blacks heavily illustrated online McCrary Peyton The dynamics of minority vote dilution The case of Augusta Georgia 1945 1986 Journal of Urban History 25 2 1999 199 225 Sampson Curt The Masters golf money and power in Augusta Georgia Villard Books 1999 online Souther J Mark Making The Garden City of the South Beautification Preservation and Downtown Planning in Augusta Georgia Journal of Planning History 20 2 2021 87 116 online Werner Randolph D The New South Creed and the Limits of Radicalism Augusta Georgia before the 1890s Journal of Southern History 67 3 2001 573 600 online Whites LeeAnn Civil War as a Crisis in Gender Augusta Georgia 1860 1890 University of Georgia Press 2000 Whites LeeAnn The Charitable and the Poor The Emergence of Domestic Politics in Augusta Georgia 1860 1880 KG Saur 2012 Zecher Sara Elizabeth The economic role of universities in medium sized cities a case study of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta Georgia Diss Georgia Institute of Technology 2005 online External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Augusta Georgia Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Augusta Georgia Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article about Augusta Georgia Official website Augusta Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau Archived June 29 2014 at the Wayback Machine Augusta Economic Development Authority homepage Augusta Tomorrow Downtown Development Authority Robert E Williams Photographic Collection African Americans in the Augusta Ga Vicinity Richmond Co ca 1872 1898 from the Digital Library of Georgia Picturing Augusta Historic Postcards from the Collection of the East Central Georgia Regional Library Augusta a city of Georgia The American Cyclopaedia 1879 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Augusta Georgia amp oldid 1131011003, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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