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Brunswick, Georgia Brunswick, Georgia Port of Brunswick, Old Town National Historic District, Ritz Theatre, Old Brunswick City Hall, Glynn Academy, College of Coastal Georgia Port of Brunswick, Old Town National Historic District, Ritz Theatre, Old Brunswick City Hall, Glynn Academy, College of Coastal Georgia Flag of Brunswick, Georgia Flag Official seal of Brunswick, Georgia Location in Glynn County and the state of Georgia Location in Glynn County and the state of Georgia Brunswick / br nzw k/ is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Glynn County, Georgia, United States. As the primary urban and economic center of the state's lower southeast, it is the second-largest urban region on the Georgia coast after Savannah and contains the Brunswick Old Town Historic District. It came under provincial control in 1771 and was established as "Brunswick" after the German duchy of Brunswick Luneburg, the ancestral home of the House of Hanover. Throughout its history, Brunswick has served as an meaningful port city: in World War II, it served as a strategic military locale with an working base for escort blimps and a ship assembly facility for the U.S. Brunswick supports a progressive economy largely based on tourism and logistics, with a urbane GDP of $3.9 billion. The Port of Brunswick handles approximately 10 percent of all U.S. Roll-on/roll-off trade third in the U.S., behind the ports of Los Angeles and Newark. The command posts of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is positioned 5 miles (8 km) north of the central company precinct of the town/city and is adjoining to Brunswick Golden Isles Airport, which provides commercial air service to the area. Brunswick is positioned on a harbor of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 40 mi (60 km) north of Florida and 80 mi (130 km) south of South Carolina. Brunswick is bordered on the west by Oglethorpe Bay, the East River, and the Turtle River. It is bordered on the south by the Brunswick River and on the east by the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in the Mackay River, which separates it from the Golden Isles. History of Brunswick, Georgia The Mocama, a Timucua-speaking citizens , originally occupied the lands in what is now Brunswick. The Spanish established missions in Timucuan villages beginning in 1568. During this time, much of the Native American populace was depleted through enslavement and disease. When the Province of Carolina was established in 1663, the British claimed all lands south to the 31st alongside north, but little colonization occurred south of the Altamaha River as the Spanish also claimed this land. Three years after the Province of Georgia was established in 1733, James Oglethorpe had the town of Frederica assembled on St. An 1864 map of Brunswick and the encircling area The area's first European settler, Mark Carr, appeared in 1738. Carr, a Scotsman, was a captain in Oglethorpe's Marine Boat Company. Upon landing, he established his 1,000-acre (400 ha) tobacco plantation, which he called "Plug Point", along the East and Brunswick rivers. The Province of Georgia purchased Carr's fields in 1771 and laid out the town of Brunswick in the grid plan akin to that of Savannah, with large, enhance squares at given intervals. The town was titled for the duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg in Germany, the ancestral home of George III and the House of Hanover. Brunswick was a rectangular tract of territory consisting of 383.5 acres (155.2 ha). The first lot was granted on June 30, 1772; 179 lots were granted in the first three years. However, about this time Brunswick lost most of its people, many of whom were Loyalists, to East Florida, the Caribbean Basin, and the United Kingdom for protection amid the American Revolutionary War. From 1783 to 1788 a number of these lots were regranted and there collected in Brunswick a several families who desired proper education for their children. By the act of the General Assembly on February 1, 1788, eight town commissioners were appointed and Glynn Academy was chartered, the funding of which was to come from the revenue of town lots. Brunswick was recognized as an official port of entry in 1789 by an act of the United States Congress. In 1797 the General Assembly transferred the seat of Glynn County from Frederica to Brunswick.[nb 1] At the end of the eighteenth century, a large tract of territory surrounding Brunswick on three sides had been laid off and designated as Commons. Commissioners were titled in 1796 to support these accomplishments. The General Assembly authorized them to sell 500 acres (200 ha) of Commons, one-half of the proceeds to go to the assembly of the courthouse and jail and one-half to the support of the academy. In 1819 the commissioners erected a comfortable building for school purposes on the southeastern corner of Reynolds and L streets. This was the first enhance building in Brunswick. It was abandoned four years later, but a new building was erected on Hillsborough Square in 1840 using Commons proceeds. A courthouse and jail were assembled around this time. The town was officially incorporated as a town/city on February 22, 1856. By 1860 Brunswick had a populace of 468, a bank, a weekly newspaper, and a sawmill which working nine workers. Rail lines were constructed from Brunswick to inland Georgia, which stimulated a sawmill boom, said to average one foundry every two miles, along with the new industrialized corridor. In his book The New South Comes to Wiregrass Georgia, 1860 1910 author Mark V. Foster "shipped lumber to Brunswick, where it was loaded onto timber schooners and transported to global markets like Liverpool, Rio de Janeiro, and Havana." Unlike many other southern metros/cities during the Reconstruction period, Brunswick experienced an economic boom. In 1878, poet and native Georgian Sidney Lanier, who sought relief from tuberculosis in Brunswick's climate, wrote "The Marshes of Glynn", a poem based on the salt marshes that span Glynn County. A yellow fever epidemic began in 1893, which heralded a decade of hardships for the city; it was flooded in 1893 when a modern-day Category 3 hurricane (today known as the Sea Islands Hurricane) alongsideed the coast of Georgia before hitting South Carolina. The storm left the town/city under 6 feet (1.8 m) of water. A Category 4 hurricane hit Cumberland Island just south of Brunswick in October 1898, which caused a 16-foot (4.9 m) storm surge in the city. As a result, 179 were killed. Torras Causeway, the roadway between Brunswick and St. Simons Island, was completed, and passenger boat service from Brunswick to St. Simons Island was terminated. By 1926, the electric streetcar line in Brunswick was discontinued; the diminish of the streetcar systems coincided with the rise of the automobile. In World War II, Brunswick served as a strategic military location. During the war, blimps from Brunswick's Naval Air Station Glynco (at the time, the biggest blimp base in the world) safely escorted almost 100,000 ships without a single vessel lost to enemy submarines. A Liberty Ship is launched from Brunswick. Brunswick - Cercle noir 100%.svg - Jacksonville - Jacksonville is 57.4 mi (92.4 km) from Brunswick.Savannah - Savannah is 68.6 mi (110.4 km) from Brunswick.Atlanta - Atlanta is 246.8 mi (397.1 km) from Brunswick.Miami - Miami is 378.7 mi (609.5 km) from Brunswick.Tampa - Tampa is 228.8 mi (368.2 km) from Brunswick.Orlando - Orlando is 180.8 mi (290.9 km) from Brunswick.Charlotte - Charlotte is 284.5 mi (457.9 km) from Brunswick. Brunswick in relation to its closest urban areas inside 500 miles (800 km) with a populace greater than 1 million, as well as Savannah for reference. Brunswick is positioned in southeastern Georgia, approximately halfway between Jacksonville and Savannah. The town/city is positioned at the apex of the bight of the Georgia coast, the westernmost point on the Atlantic seaboard, and is naturally sheltered by two barrier islands, Jekyll and St. The town/city is situated on a peninsula with the East River and the Turtle River to the west, the Brunswick River to the south, and the Mackay River with the Intracoastal Waterway to the east. An abundance of salt marshes separates the town/city from the Intracoastal Waterway, which passes between Brunswick and the barrier islands. The East River separates Brunswick from Andrews Island, a dredge spoil site. The town/city is the lowest in the state of Georgia, with an altitude of only 10 to 14 feet (3.0 to 4.3 m) above sea level. According to the U.S. Enumeration Bureau, Brunswick's territory area is 32.4 square miles (83.8 km2). The hottest temperature ever recorded in Brunswick was 106 F (41 C) in 1986. Winters in Brunswick are fairly temperate. The last snow accumulation in Brunswick was on December 23, 1989. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Brunswick was 5 F ( 15 C) on January 21, 1985, and January 30, 1966. A primary hurricane has not made landfall on the Georgia coast since 1898, and the only hurricane that has hit the coast since then was Hurricane David in 1979. However, the town/city has experienced hurricane or near-hurricane conditions a several times due to storms passing through Florida from the Gulf of Mexico and entering Georgia or passing to the north or south in the Atlantic and brushing the area. Climate data for Brunswick, Georgia (1981 2010 normals) The Brunswick region has four Superfund sites, formerly home to heavily contaminated toxic waste sites: the LCP Chemicals site, Brunswick Wood Preserving, the Hercules 009 Landfill, and the Terry Creek Dredge Spoil Areas/Hercules Outfall. Research presented in 2011 revealed that bottlenose dolphins that fed in the estuaries near these Superfund sites had the highest concentration of PCBs of any mammal in the world. The Port of Brunswick forms a vital part of the city's economy. It is recognized as one of the most productive ports on the East Coast and is the sixth-busiest automobile port in the United States; it is the major export facility for two of the three United States traditional automotive manufacturers: Ford and General Motors. The port is also the major export facility for Mercedes-Benz. The port serves as the central import facility for Hyundai, Jaguar, Kia, Land Rover, Mitsubishi, Porsche, and Volvo. Audi, BMW, and Volkswagen utilize the port as a facility for imports as well. International Auto Processing is one of the town's biggest employers. In addition to automobiles, exports include agricultural products and other bulk cargoes. The port is directed by the Georgia Ports Authority and features four separate terminals: Colonel's Island Ro - Ro, Colonel's Island Agri-bulk, Mayor's Point, and Marine Port. Mayor's Point is the only terminal positioned inside the city. The Colonel's Island and Marine Port terminals are positioned southwest of the city. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), a large agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, is headquartered in Glynco, north of the city. A study conducted by Georgia Tech identified FLETC as the biggest employer in Glynn County; it was further determined that FLETC's annual localized economic impact is in excess of $600 million. Southeast Georgia Health System is the biggest private employer in Brunswick. Other primary employers in Brunswick include King & Prince Seafood, GSI Commerce, Pinova and Gulfstream Aerospace. Wood pulp is produced by the Georgia-Pacific foundry in Brunswick. The mill, which has been in operation since 1937, has the capability to produce over 800,000 metric tons of cellulose each year. Additionally, it is the biggest single-site fluff manufacturing facility in the world. Hercules, a manufacturer, and marketer of chemical specialties operates a manufacturing facility on the north side of Brunswick. Jet airplane manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace has a existence at the city's airport. Tourism is the single biggest industry in the town/city and the county. Brunswick and the Golden Isles are a year-round resort community. The islands' beaches, resorts, shops, and historic sites annually attract visitors from around the world. President George W. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brunswick City Hall (Georgia). Brunswick uses the Council-Manager model of municipal government. The town/city commission consists of five individuals, including the mayor, propel on a plurality-at-large basis. The commission meets twice each month at Old City Hall in Old Town. The town/city commission appoints a town/city manager to serve at will for an infinite term. The town/city manager is to see that all laws, provisions of the town/city charter, and any acts of the town/city commission are executed and enforced. The town/city manager of Brunswick is James Drumm. Brunswick has an active sister metros/cities program designed to encourage cultural and economic exchanges. In November 2008, Mayor Thompson and the town/city commission of Brunswick traveled to Guangzhou to strengthen ties between the two cities. Ganzhou, a town/city with a populace of 8.5 million, reciprocated, sending a delegation to Brunswick where an official sister town/city agreement was signed at Old Brunswick City Hall on April 3, 2009. Brunswick is home to the College of Coastal Georgia, which has more than 3,000 enrolled students. Since 1961, the college had been a two-year institution, but in 2008, the college began its transition to a four-year institution. The college is presently a state college inside the University System of Georgia, with bachelor's degree programs in education, business, and nursing sciences, and other associate degree programs designed to prepare students to transfer to senior universities and universities. The Glynn County School System is the governing authority of enhance schools in the city. More than 12,000 students attend schools in the school system. There are ten elementary schools, four middle schools, and two high schools: Brunswick High School and Glynn Academy. Glynn Academy, the second-oldest enhance high school in the American South and the sixth-oldest enhance high school in the United States, was established in 1788 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. Brunswick High School opened in 1967. Specialized establishments include a career-technical academy. There are a several private schools operating in the area. In the city, there is one Catholic school and one Seventh-day Adventist school. There are also Baptist, Pentecostal, and non-denominational Christian schools north of the city, such as Heritage Christian Academy. On St. Simons Island, there is a Presbyterian school. [m. Several lesser Christian schools in Brunswick offer high school education. Brunswick is home to a range of arts and cultural affairs. Old Town Brunswick's historic and ornate Ritz Theatre hosts a range of performances. Renovated in the early 1980s and again in 2000 through 2001, the Ritz is home to the Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association, the coordinating arts council for Brunswick and Glynn County. It is home to the Brunswick Actors' Theatre. The Gallery on Newcastle is home to a display of scenes from coastal Georgia's marshes. Each December the Magnolia Garden Club tours select Union Street homes in addition to other areas in historic Brunswick as part of its Christmas Tour of Homes. From 1950 to 2007, Brunswick served host to the Golden Isles Bowl Classic, one of the most prestigious junior college football bowl games in the country. Simons, and Sea islands, there are 252 holes of golf in the Brunswick area. The Brunswick region is home to two out of three publicly accessible beaches in the state. Brunswick is the gateway town/city to Jekyll and St. In 1906 the town/city was home to a Class D-level minor league baseball team, the River Snipes, a team shared with Columbus as part of the inaugural season of the Georgia State League. The league went defunct following that season. In 1913 the Brunswick Pilots debuted as part of the short-lived Empire State League, before joining the Georgia State League in 1914, and the Florida Alabama Georgia League in 1915. The Pilots stopped play following the 1915 season. Thirty-six years passed before Brunswick had another experienced baseball team. In 1951 the Brunswick Pirates, a Class D minor league partner of the primary league Pittsburgh Pirates, began to play in the Georgia Florida League, beginning eight years of existence in the city. The Pirates won league championships in 1954 and 1955. In 1957 the Pirates became affiliates of the Philadelphia Phillies, in the order given adopting the name Brunswick Phillies. Following the 1958 season, the Phillies ceased to play. Brunswick was home to the Cardinals of the Georgia Florida League in 1962 and 1963 before the league disbanded in 1963. The Brunswick Parks and Recreation Department operates town/city parks and squares. Six initial squares still exist in the city, although all but one, Hanover, have been bisected by a town/city street. There are also two additional squares positioned inside the city, Orange, and Palmetto. Numerous parks exist in the city, the biggest being Howard Coffin Park. The parks include features such as playgrounds, baseball fields, softball fields, soccer fields, basketball courts, and picnic areas. The Brunswick region is rich in live oak trees, especially the Southern live oak. Such is the character of the live oak trees in the Brunswick and the Golden Isles region that Revolutionary warships such as the USS Constitution (nicknamed Old Ironsides) were clad in St. Brunswick has a notable live oak titled "Lover's Oak" (located at Prince and Albany streets). As of 2005, it is approximately 900 years old. According to the State of Georgia and American Indian folklore, Native American braves and their maidens would meet under the oak. The town/city claims to be the place of origin of Brunswick stew. The town/city lays claim to Brunswick stew, a tomato-based stew including various types of lima beans, corn, okra, and other vegetables, and one or more types of meat. Most recipes claiming authenticity call for squirrel or rabbit meat, but chicken, pork, and beef are also common ingredients. A twenty-five-gallon (95 L) iron pot outside the town/city bears a plaque declaring the stew was first cooked there in 1898. The Brunswick Rockin' Stewbilee, held annually in October, features a stew-tasting contest where visitors sample over 50 teams' stews. The Stewbilee became famous when the town/city invited Brunswick County, Virginia, to the festival for a stew cookoff in the 1980s, which led the Brunswick "Stew Wars" to be featured in Southern Living. Brunswick is the center of Georgia's shrimping industry. The town/city was once called "The Shrimp Capital of the World", but in recent times, manufacturing has been far below average. Nevertheless, close-by Jekyll Island hosts the Wild Georgia Shrimp & Grits Festival in September. Apart from shrimping, the region is also the center of Georgia's crab and oyster industries. Port of Brunswick Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (BQK, KBQK) is served by Delta Air Lines, with a several daily round trips to the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The town/city was formerly served by Day - Jet, with service to metros/cities in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia; the business suspended its operations in September 2008. Two stockyards lines run through the city: CSX and Norfolk Southern. The Golden Isles Terminal Railroad is a short line operating 12.6 miles (20.3 km) of mainline trackage between Anguilla Junction and the Colonel's Island and Marine Port terminals of the Port of Brunswick. This line joins with a line that originates in Old Town Brunswick at Anguilla Junction. 17 crossing the Brunswick River and was opened on June 22, 1956. On November 7, 1972, the ship African Neptune hit the bridge, causing parts of the bridge to collapse, taking cars with it. The accident resulted in ten deaths. On May 3, 1987, the bridge was again hit by a ship, the Polish freighter Ziemia Bialostocka. A new cable-stayed bridge with the same name opened in 2003 to allow larger ships to enter the port and to eliminate the need for the drawbridge on U.S. Three federal highways pass through Brunswick: U.S. 25 for almost the entire route and originates in Brunswick off U.S. Southeast Georgia Health System's Brunswick ground With over 1,321 employees and over 201 physicians, Southeast Georgia Health System is the chief provider of community care in Brunswick and the encircling area and is also the biggest private employer in Brunswick. Southeast Georgia Health System's medical ground in the town/city offers a 316-bed full-service hospital. Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick ground also has an alliance with the International Seafarer's Center that provides first-class medical consideration to seamen who come into the Brunswick port; the medical needs of approximately 15,000 global merchant seafarers are met each year. Southeast Georgia Health System also operates a 180-bed skilled nursing facility in Brunswick, The Senior Care Center, which offers short-term rehabilitation services, as well as long-term care. Southeast Georgia Health System recently opened the Outpatient Care Center on the Brunswick campus. This six-story, 195,000-square-foot (18,100 m2) building includes outpatient surgery and imaging services, the Cancer Care Center, a retail area, the Dick Mitchell Health Information Center, as well as physician offices and suites. In 2004, the Brunswick ground was titled Best Large Hospital in the State of Georgia by the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals. The Brunswick News, the city's locally presented daily journal The Brunswick News is one of two primary daily newspapers serving Brunswick; the other is The Georgia Times-Union, a subsidiary of the Jacksonville-based Florida Times-Union. Brunswick has one no-charge weekly journal delivered to most homes in Glynn County, The Harbor Sound (a no-charge publication). The Islander is a weekly paper, member of the Georgia Press Association, and available at newsstands or by subscription. The primary AM airways broadcasts in Brunswick are WSFN 790, an ESPN partner and primarily a sports station; WCGA 1100; WGIG 1440; and WBGA 1490, which are all news and talk stations. The city's FM stations include NPR partner WWIO-FM 88.9, enhance radio WWEZ at 94.7 (St. Davis Love III, experienced golfer and Ryder Cup captain, attended high school in Brunswick History of Brunswick, Georgia On March 25, 1765, Georgia's colonial assembly divided the territory south of the Altamaha River into four new churches. Glynn County, which was seventh on the list and thus is considered Georgia's seventh county, consisted of all of St. Simons Island served as Glynn County's seat beginning in 1789, at the absorption of the islands into Glynn. 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