Statesboro, Georgia Statesboro, Georgia From top to bottom left to right: The Bulloch County Courthouse and Averitt Center for the Arts, Splash in the Boro Water Park, Campus Georgia Southern University, the Emma Kelly Theater From top to bottom left to right: The Bulloch County Courthouse and Averitt Center for the Arts, Splash in the Boro Water Park, Campus Georgia Southern University, the Emma Kelly Theater Location in Bulloch County and the state of Georgia Location in Bulloch County and the state of Georgia Website City of Statesboro Statesboro is the biggest city and governmental center of county of Bulloch County, Georgia, United States, positioned in Southeast Georgia.
A college town, Statesboro is best known as the home of Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral-Research University.
As of 2015, the Statesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Bulloch County, had an estimated populace of 72,651. The City itself had a populace of 28,422 in the 2010 census. The City had an estimated 2015 populace of 30,721. In 1906, Statesboro and region leaders joined together to bid for and win the First District A&M School, a territory grant college that eventually advanced as Georgia Southern University in 1990.
In 1908, Statesboro sold more cotton bales than did Savannah, Georgia, but the boll weevil infestation of the 1930s required a shift to tobacco as a crop.
Statesboro inspired the blues song "Statesboro Blues", written by Blind Willie Mc - Tell in the 1920s, and veiled in a well-known version by The Allman Brothers Band. Statesboro City Hall, positioned downtown in the renovated Jaeckel Hotel building Sherman's famous March to the Sea through Georgia, a Union officer asked a saloon proprietor for directions to Statesboro.
After the Civil War, the small town began to grow, and Statesboro has advanced as a primary town in southeastern Georgia.
In the era from 1880 to 1930, Georgia had the highest rate of lynchings of any state in the nation. Among them were three black men who were lynched and burned to death on August 16, 1904, near Statesboro.
To escape the oppression, many blacks left Statesboro and Bulloch County altogether, causing small-town businessmen to be worried about workforce shortages for the cotton and turpentine industries. African Americans made a Great Migration from the non-urban South to northern metros/cities in the first half of the 20th century. Local effects can be seen in the drop in Statesboro populace growth from 1910 to 1930 on the census tables below in the "Demographics" section.
But by 1953, more than 20 million pounds of tobacco passed through warehouses in Statesboro, then the biggest market of the "Bright Tobacco Belt" spanning Georgia and Florida.
The 1906 First District Agricultural & Mechanical School at Statesboro was advanced as a territory grant college, initiated by federal legislation to support education.
Other name shifts were to Georgia Teachers College in 1939, and Georgia Southern College in 1959.
After this period, it became racially integrated and with evolution of graduate programs and research in various fields, since 1990 it has had college status as Georgia Southern University.
Georgia Southern University is the biggest employer in the City, with 6,700 county-wide jobs tied directly and indirectly to the campus.
Statesboro is positioned at 32 26 43 N 81 46 45 W (32.445147, -81.779234). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.9 square miles (35.9 km2), of which 13.5 square miles (35.0 km2) is territory and 0.35 square miles (0.9 km2), or 2.60%, is water. The town/city is in the coastal plain region, or Low Country, of Georgia, so it is mainly flat with a several small hills.
The Bulloch County Board of Education runs the enhance school precinct in Statesboro.
The biggest school in the town/city is Statesboro High School.
Other enhance schools include Southeast Bulloch High School, William James Middle School, Langston Chapel Middle School, Southeast Bulloch Middle School, Julia P.
Bryant Elementary School, Sallie Zetterower Elementary School, Mattie Lively Elementary School, Langston Chapel Elementary School, and Mill Creek Elementary School.
Private schools include Bulloch Academy, Trinity Christian School, and Bible Baptist Christian School.
The Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology, part of the CCAT enhance school district, is a charter school positioned inside the town/city limits.
In 2016 CCAT was retitled Statesboro STEAM - College, Careers, Arts, & Technology Academy.
Georgia Southern University is the biggest research University in South Georgia Georgia Southern University is the biggest university in south Georgia.
Georgia Southern University is the city's principal institution of higher learning.
The university, a unit of the University System of Georgia, was established as the First District Agricultural and Mechanical School in 1906 as a territory grant college, open only to white students.
On July 1, 1990, it became the fifth college of the University System, and as of 2015 is a elected residentiary college of nearly 20,000 students.
The university's Division I athletic teams, the Georgia Southern Eagles, compete in the Sun Belt Conference.
Two improve universities are also positioned in Statesboro.
East Georgia State College, a University System college based in the close-by city of Swainsboro, operates a satellite ground in Statesboro, serving region students not meeting Georgia Southern's admission requirements for freshmen.
Ogeechee Technical College is a part of the Technical College System of Georgia, providing technical and adult education to region students.
Highway 301 South, outside of the town/city limits and approximately 3 miles (5 km) from the ground of Georgia Southern.
The Averitt Center for the Arts, downtown Statesboro The Statesboro Regional Library, part of the PINES library network of the state The culture of Statesboro reflects a blend of both its southern tradition and college town identity. The town/city has advanced a unique culture, common in many college towns, that coexists with the college students in creating an art scene, music scene and intellectual surrounding.
Statesboro is home to various restaurants, bars, live music venues, bookstores and coffee shops that cater to its creative college town climate. Statesboro's downtown was titled one of eight "Renaissance Cities" by Georgia Trend magazine. The downtown region is presently undergoing a revitalization.
The Old Bank of Statesboro and Georgia Theater have been adapted with renovation for the David H.
Downtown Statesboro has been featured in a several motion pictures including Now and Then (1995) as well as 1969. Georgia Southern offers a range of cultural options available both for the college and the wider community: the Georgia Southern Symphony, the Georgia Southern Planetarium, Georgia Southern Museum, and the Botanical Gardens at Bland Cottage. Touring groups appear at the Performing Arts Center, and also featured are shows put on by Georgia Southern students and faculty.
Other newspapers include the George-Anne produced by Georgia Southern University students, Connect Statesboro, a weekly entertainment publication, and the E11eventh Hour, a twice-a-month entertainment publication.
Statesboro Business Magazine offers Statesboro and region company news, articles, features, jobs, real estate listings and other region company knowledge and reviews.
Approximately 3 miles (5 km) outside of Statesboro is the Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport, which can accommodate private airplane but does not have a control fortress or commercial flights.
Interstate 16 is positioned 10 miles (16 km) to the south of Statesboro.
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Statesboro, Georgia Convention and Visitors Bureau Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
Charlton Moseley and Frederick Brogdon, Review: "A Lynching at Statesboro: The Story of Paul Reed and Will Cato", The Georgia Historical Quarterly Vol.
Frenchy But Chic!: GIANT ZERO - Vincent Johnson's at Statesboro Bomb Plot "Statesboro, Bulloch County: Good Timing", Georgia Trend, July 2010 Average Weather for Statesboro, GA - Temperature and Precipitation "Georgia Southern - Graduate Admissions".
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