Classic Heartland of Georgia

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Augusta

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Augusta is a city in Georgia's Classic Heartland. Due to its location inland on the Savannah River, Augusta was a city of major strategic importance by the end of the Civil War.

Athens

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Athens is a vibrant college town of 127,000 people in the Classic Heartland region of Georgia. Athens is most popular in the late summer and fall when students, families of students or college football fans visit the University of Georgia.

Columbus

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Columbus is a city in Georgia's Classic Heartland, near the Chattahoochee River and bordering Alabama. It is known for its Southern hospitality, unique attractions, and proximity to Fort Benning.

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Macon

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Macon is a city in Georgia's Classic Heartland. The downtown area of Macon has antebellum homes, cathedrals, and other historic buildings that were built in the past by Macon's elite, including the Woodruff House, the Hay House, and the Cannonball House.

Warner Robins

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Warner Robins is a city in Houston County in the Classic Heartland of the American state of Georgia.

Plains

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Plains is a small town in Georgia which is best-known as the home of the 39th United States president Jimmy Carter.

Americus

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Americus is in the Classic Heartland of Georgia. It is home to a preserved Confederate prisoner-of-war camp.

Milledgeville

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Milledgeville is a city of 19,000 people in Georgia's Classic Heartland. It is home to Georgia College & State University, Georgia Military College, and Central Georgia Technical College.

Conyers

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Conyers is a city and the county seat of Rockdale County, Georgia, United States. The city is 24 miles east of downtown Atlanta and is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Griffin

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Griffin is a city of 23,000 in Central Georgia near Atlanta. It is the southernmost town included in the Atlanta Metro Area and has held on vehemently to its "small town" appeal.

LaGrange

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LaGrange is a city in Georgia's Classic Heartland located in West Georgia near the Alabama state line. The city is an old mill town that now serves as a gateway to Lake West Point.

Jackson

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Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Butts County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 5,045 in 2010, up from 3,934 at the 2000 census. In 2020, its population was 5,557. The community was named after the Governor James Jackson.

Cordele

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Cordele is a city in and the county seat of Crisp County, Georgia. The population was 11,165 at the 2010 census, and 10,220 in 2020. Cordele calls itself the watermelon capital of the world.

Warm Springs

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Warm Springs is in the Classic Heartland of Georgia. Its main claim to fame is as a Spa Town where President Franklin Delano Roosevelt would come to treat his paralytic illness.

Lumpkin

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Lumpkin is the county seat of Stewart County in Georgia's Classic Heartland.

Roberta

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Roberta is a city in Crawford County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,007 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Macon metropolitan statistical area.

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