Augusta, Georgia Augusta, Georgia Augusta Richmond County Downtown Augusta on Broad Street Augusta National Golf Club Riverwalk Augusta on the Savannah River The University Hall at Augusta University Sacred Heart Cultural Center The Augusta Canal with the Enterprise Mill in the background Old Government House 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 Club Official logo of Augusta, Georgia Location of merged Augusta Richmond County (red) inside Richmond County, and locale of Richmond County inside the U.S.
Location of merged Augusta Richmond County (red) inside Richmond County, and locale of Richmond County inside the U.S.
Augusta, Georgia is positioned in the US Augusta, Georgia - Augusta, Georgia Augusta Richmond County US / .
The town/city was titled after Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719 1772).
According to 2012 US Enumeration estimates, the Augusta Richmond County populace was 197,872, not counting the unconsolidated metros/cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.
Augusta is the principal town/city of the Augusta Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area, which as of 2012 had an estimated populace of 580,270, making it the third-largest town/city and the second-largest metro region in the state after Atlanta.
Internationally, Augusta is best known for hosting The Masters golf tournament each spring.
Main articles: History of Augusta, Georgia and Timeline of Augusta, Georgia The site of Augusta was used by Native Americans as a place to cross the Savannah River, because of its locale on the fall line.
Oglethorpe titled the town Augusta, with respect to Princess Augusta, wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales (she was the mother of King George III of the United Kingdom).
Oglethorpe visited Augusta once, in September 1739.
He did so while returning to Savannah from a perilous visit to Coweta Town, where he had met with a convention of 7,000 Native American warriors and concluded peaceful relations with a several Native American groups in what is today the northern and part of Georgia. Augusta was the second state capital of Georgia from 1785 until 1795 (alternating for a reconstructionwith Savannah, the first).
Augusta advanced rapidly as a market town as the Black Belt in the Piedmont was advanced for cotton cultivation.
As a primary city in the area, Augusta was a center of activities amid Reconstruction and after.
In 1970 Charles Oatman, a mentally disabled teenager, was killed by his cellmates in an Augusta jail.
The Augusta skyline, as seen from North Augusta, South Carolina Augusta is positioned on the Georgia/South Carolina border, about 150 miles (240 km) east of Atlanta and 70 miles (110 km) west of Columbia.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the Augusta Richmond County balance has a total region of 306.5 square miles (793.8 km2), of which 302.1 square miles (782.4 km2) is territory and 4.3 square miles (11.1 km2) (1.42%) is water.
Savannah River and the Augusta Canal, with River Watch Parkway and residentiary areas in foreground Augusta is positioned about halfway up the Savannah River on the fall line, which creates a number of small falls on the river.
The Clarks Hill Dam is assembled on the fall line near Augusta, forming Clarks Hill Lake.
Even farther downstream is the Augusta Diversion Dam, which marks the beginning of the Augusta Canal and channels Savannah River waters into the canal. 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.
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.
Climate data for Augusta Regional Airport, Georgia (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1871 present) Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 0.2 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.4 Augusta Downtown Historic District Augusta Downtown Historic District is a historic precinct that encompasses most of downtown Augusta and its pre-Civil War area.
Augusta also includes the: According to 2013 US Enumeration estimates, the Augusta Richmond County populace was 197,350 not counting the unconsolidated metros/cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.
In the 2010 census, Augusta Richmond County had 195,844 residents.
The Jewish improve in Augusta dates back to the early 19th century.
Around 1,300 Jews presently live in Augusta, who collectively support a Jewish Community Center.
Augusta is a county-wide center of medicine, biotechnology, and cyber security.
Augusta University, the state's only enhance health sciences graduate university, employs over 7,000 citizens .
Along with University Hospital, the Medical District of Augusta employs over 25,000 citizens and has an economic impact of over $1.8 billion. Within the next several years, the town/city is expected to have rapid populace growth of 10,000+ inhabitants due to the announcement of the United States Army Cyber Command that will be positioned in Fort Gordon.
The city's three biggest employers are Augusta University, the Savannah River Site (a Department of Energy nuclear facility) and the U.S.
Economic recession and a mostly high state unemployment rate, the Augusta improve has experienced a decline in bankruptcy filings and saw a slight decline in the unemployment rate from late 2009 to March 2011.
Companies that have facilities, command posts or distribution centers in Augusta include Care - South, T-Mobile, Covidien, Solo Cup Company, Automatic Data Processing, International Paper, Teleperformance, Sitel, E-Z-GO, Elanco, Club Car (Worldwide Headquarters), John Deere, Procter & Gamble, Kellogg's and Delta Air Lines' baggage call center. According to the Augusta Economic Development Authority, the top manufacturing employers in the town/city are: 2 Augusta University 4,656 5 Augusta University Health System 3,054 6 Augusta Richmond County 4,418 Augusta is home to the Augusta Greenjackets minor league baseball club.
The team began play in 1988 as the Augusta Pirates, affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Augusta Rugby Football Club (ARFC) is a division 2 men's club competing in the Palmetto Rugby Union, part of the USA Rugby South Conference. Augusta has an all-female flat track roller derby team, the Soul City Sirens.
Augusta Green - Jackets Baseball South Atlantic League Lake Olmstead Stadium Augusta Mad Dogs Rugby Palmetto Rugby Union Larry Bray Memorial The city's famous golf course, the Augusta National Golf Club, hosts the first primary golf tournament of each year, The Masters.
The best experienced and amateur golfers in the world come to Augusta amid 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. 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. Also, Augusta hosted the 2006 Professional Disc Golf World Championships.
Augusta, SC were used for the tournament.
Augusta is the host of the World's Richest Drag Boat Race, held on the Savannah River (Augusta Southern Nationals).
The event benefits the Augusta Chapter of the Georgia Special Olympics.
Augusta is the site of the Head of the South Regatta.
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 In 1995, people of Augusta and unincorporated Richmond County voted to consolidate their town/city and county governments.
Citizens of Hephzibah and Blythe, also positioned in Richmond County, voted against joining in the consolidation of Augusta and Richmond County.
Augusta and Richmond County's consolidation took effect January 1, 1996.
Allgood Hall at Augusta University Augusta Technical College (state technical college) Augusta University (public research university) Public K 12 schools in Augusta are managed by the Richmond County School System.
Private schools in Augusta include Aquinas High School, Episcopal Day School, St.
Mary on the Hill School, Immaculate Conception School, Hillcrest Baptist Church School, Curtis Baptist High School, Gracewood Baptist First Academy, Alleluia Community School, New Life Christian Academy, and Westminster Schools of Augusta.
Augusta Christian School, Augusta First Seventh-day Adventist School, and Augusta Preparatory Day School serve Augusta, but are positioned in neighboring Martinez.
Augusta is linked to Atlanta to the west and Columbia, South Carolina, to the east by Interstate 20.
Interstate 520 (Bobby Jones Expressway) runs from I-20 Exit 196 through Augusta's and southern suburban areas, eventually crossing the Savannah River to South Carolina where it becomes the Palmetto Parkway.
Parts of Augusta are served by town/city transit service Augusta Public Transit (APT), but the chief mode of transit inside the town/city is by car.
The town/city has two airports: Augusta Regional Airport and Daniel Field.
Augusta is also served by a number of taxi companies.
List of citizens from Augusta, Georgia Dub Taylor, actor, raised in Augusta but born in Richmond, Virginia Woodrow Wilson, former President of the United States, lived in Augusta as a child Judy Woodruff, tv journalist, former Miss Augusta Junior Miss Augusta is twinned with: Arts and culture in Augusta, Georgia List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia List of citizens from Augusta, Georgia Media in Augusta, Georgia Medical District (Augusta) Old Government House (Augusta) Summerville (Augusta) List of tallest buildings in Augusta 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.
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