Griffin, Georgia Griffin, Georgia Griffin City Hall Griffin City Hall Location in Spalding County and the state of Georgia Location in Spalding County and the state of Georgia Griffin is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Spalding County in the U.S.

Lewis Lawrence Griffin. Several notable citizens are from Griffin and the town/city has been filmed for a several notable shows and movies.

Griffin Technical College was positioned in Griffin from 1963 and a branch of Southern Crescent Technical College is in Griffin.

The Griffin Synodical Female College was established by Presbyterians but closed. The University of Georgia maintains a branch ground in Griffin. City of Griffin, the U.S.

The Griffin Commercial Historic District, among the National Register of Historic Places listings in Spalding County, Georgia) is generally bounded by Central Alley, Sixth Street, Taylor Street and Eighth Street.

The precinct includes the Griffin Grocery Company Building, now the Griffin Regional Welcome Center. Griffin raised two batteries of Field Artillery for the Spanish American War, Batteries A and B, Georgia Volunteer Light Artillery, which was organized as follows: Mustered In: 13 15 May 1898 at Griffin, Georgia Mustered Out: 17 October 1898 at Griffin, Georgia Griffin is positioned at 33 14 51 N 84 16 15 W (33.247602, -84.270891). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.6 square miles (38 km2), of which 14.5 square miles (38 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.55%) is water.

Griffin Technical College was positioned in Griffin from 1963 and, following a consolidation , a branch of Southern Crescent Technical College is in Griffin.

The Griffin Synodical Female College was established by Presbyterians but closed. The University of Georgia maintains a branch ground in Griffin. The Griffin Warriors, a World Basketball Association team, played at the high school in 2006.

Bill Anderson - nation singer who was born in South Carolina and interval up in Griffin Edward Andrews - film and tv actor (born in Griffin) Tim Beckham - experienced baseball player who was first overall pick in 2008 Major League Baseball draft after attending Griffin High School (born in Griffin) His additional political service encompassed the office of Mayor of Griffin, Georgia.

He was born in Henry County, Georgia and moved to Griffin in 1865.

Boynton died at his home in Griffin in 1902 and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in that same city.

Chris Clemons - NFL defensive end and brother of Nic Clemons; played college football for University of Georgia and was a member of Super Bowl XLVIII champion Seattle Seahawks Eagan (ACIPCO) - (born April 22, 1870, in Griffin, Georgia; died March 30, 1924, in Asheville, North Carolina) was an American industrialist and co-founder of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO).

Congressman from Spalding County (born in Griffin) Darrin Hancock - basketball player who played with the 1993 Final Four University of Kansas, the NBA, and various minor league squads after graduating from Griffin High School Doc Holliday - iconic figure of the American West and friend of Wyatt Earp, was born in Griffin on August 14, 1851.

In Griffin, Georgia is a exhibition dedicated to Holliday.

Sidney Lanier - poet, lawyer and musician lived in Griffin as a child after his birth in Macon; he wrote the poem, "Corn" in Sunnyside, Georgia, a several miles north of Griffin John Mc - Intosh Kell - Executive Officer of the CSS Alabama, and later served as Adjutant General of Georgia, born in Darien, Georgia.

Sonia Leigh - nation singer-songwriter, signed by Zac Brown's Southern Ground recording label, attended Griffin High School Dox Thrash - printmaker and painter, helped invent carborundum technique, born in Griffin in 1893 Jessie Tuggle - football linebacker who played his entire longterm position with the Atlanta Falcons; played in college at Valdosta State after graduating from Griffin High School Wyomia Tyus - athlete, Olympic gold medalist, first woman to retain the Olympic title in the 100m (born in Griffin) Griffin has also been featured or used as a manufacturing site in a several movies and tv shows, including Driving Miss Daisy, Murder in Coweta County, Mississippi Burning, The Fighting Temptations, Rectify The Walking Dead, and The Hunger Games.

Griffin was featured in the 2010 History Channel tv show Top Gear.

Griffin was also featured in the A&E series Hoarders which featured Phyllis on the season premiere episode that aired on June 20, 2011.

Griffin (city) Quick - Facts from the US Enumeration Bureau.

Griffin Commercial Historic District Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 10, 2010.

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