Valdosta, Georgia Valdosta, Georgia Valdosta City Hall Valdosta City Hall Official seal of Valdosta, Georgia Location in Lowndes County and the state of Georgia Location in Lowndes County and the state of Georgia Website City of Valdosta Website Valdosta is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Lowndes County, positioned on the southern border of Georgia, United States.
As of 2013, Valdosta has a total populace of 56,481, and is the 14th biggest city in Georgia. Valdosta is the principal town/city of the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2010 had a populace of 139,588. It includes part of Brooks County to the west.
Valdosta is the home of Valdosta State University, a county-wide college in the University System of Georgia with over 10,900 students. The small-town enhance Valdosta High School has the most winning football program of any high school in the United States. Valdosta is called the Azalea City, as the plant grows in profusion there.
5.1 Valdosta City School District 9.2 Valdosta State University Valdosta was incorporated on December 7, 1860, when it was designated by the state council as the new county seat, formerly at close-by Troupville.
The barns was assembled to Valdosta that year, clean water Troupville, stimulating evolution in the new county seat. Many people of Troupville had already relocated to Valdosta when the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad was assembled four miles (about 6 km) away.
3 pulled the first train into Valdosta on the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.
3 was the first train to arrive in Valdosta on July 4, 1860.
Valdosta is positioned in the coastal plain of Georgia and has a virtually flat landscape.
The sixty miles (97 km) of stockyards between Valdosta and Waycross were once the longest straight stretch of barns in the world.[unreliable source?] Today highways stretch through the county for miles with hardly a curve, rise, or fall.
Valdosta was titled after Troup's plantation, Valdosta (occasionally the Val d'Osta spelling was used for the plantation).
The American Civil War erupted just months after the establishment of Valdosta.
During the war, Valdosta was far away from battles and became a refuge for those fleeing areas of Georgia where the war was being activelly fought.
During Clift's speech he also verbally attacked caucasians of Valdosta.
As mechanization was introduced, the number of agricultural jobs decreased and Valdosta became more industrialized by the 20th century.
When it was established, Remerton was 2 miles (3.2 km) from the town of Valdosta.
It has since turn into an enclave of Valdosta due to the expansion of Valdosta.
On July 28, 1907, Valdosta voted to turn into a dry city; a record $10,000 worth of whiskey was sold on the last day.
In 1910, cotton was still meaningful to the economy and Fortune periodical ranked Valdosta as the richest town/city in America by per capita income. Soon after that, the boll weevil invaded the South, moving east through the states and killing much of the cotton crop in this region in 1917.
In January 1913, the South Georgia State Normal College opened in Valdosta on the edge of town.
Over the course of the following century, it evolved into Valdosta State University.
Lynch mobs formed in Valdosta ransacking Lowndes and Brooks counties for a week looking for Johnson and his alleged accomplices.
That afternoon, Governor Hugh Dorsey ordered the state militia to be dispatched to Valdosta to halt the lynch mobs, but they appeared too late for many victims.
Moody Air Force Base's part in World War II and the postwar era has influenced the expansion of Valdosta.
Many vacationers on their way to Florida found Valdosta a convenient "last stop" on their way to Walt Disney World and the Orlando area.
Valdosta State College was integrated in September 1963.
In 1969, Valdosta High School (the formerly all-white school) and Pinevale High School (the formerly all-black school) were consolidated into one system.
Integration had begun at Valdosta High School about 1966.
Bush (a future president) entered the National Guard, receiving flight training at Valdosta's Moody Air Force Base in November 1968.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Monthly Labor Review, the first automated teller machine (ATM) was installed at a C&S Bank in Valdosta in 1971. That ATM was preceded by one installed in Rockville Centre, New York in 1969. Valdosta was titled as one of 2003's "Top 100 U.S.
Small Towns" by Site Selection magazine. In 2010 Valdosta was titled one of the "Best Small Places For Business And Careers" by Forbes. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 30.3 square miles (78 km2), of which 29.9 square miles (77 km2) is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) is water, for a total region of 1.09% water.
Valdosta is about 230 miles (370 km) south of Atlanta. It is almost the same distance north of Orlando, Florida.
Valdosta is approximately fifteen miles north of the state's border with Florida.
Valdosta has a humid subtropical climate (Koppen climate classification Cfa), with mild, dry/wet winters and hot, humid summers. Temperatures incessantly go over 90 F or 32.2 C, but in extreme heatwaves, temperatures occasionally go over 100 F or 37.8 C.
Climate data for Valdosta, Georgia According to the Bureau of Census, the Valdosta, Georgia Metropolitan Travel Destination (MSA) had an estimated populace of 135,804 and ranked #281 in the U.S.
There were 22,709 housing units available in Valdosta.
According to the census of 2000 the biggest self-reported lineage groups in Valdosta were: Black or African American - 51% English - 9% Irish - 7% German - 6% Scotch-Irish - 2% Italian - 2% 53.1% of the populace of Valdosta was female and 46.9% was male.
Aerial view of Valdosta According to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Valdosta is called the "Naval Stores Capital of the World" because it supplies 80% of the world demand for naval stores. In the retailing field, Valdosta has one primary county-wide mall, Valdosta Mall, which features nationwide chain anchor stores like JCPenney, Sears, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Buckle (store), Pet - Smart, Belk, Old Navy, and Ross Stores.
Valdosta has other notable shopping areas such as the Historic Downtown region with many small-town businesses, and the Five Points region which has a Big Lots, Winn-Dixie, and various nationwide charter and small-town restaurants.
Moody Air Force Base is positioned about 9 miles (14 km) north of Valdosta in northern Lowndes County.
Wild Adventures, a 166-acre infamous and water park, is positioned 5 miles from Valdosta in non-urban Lowndes County.
Valdosta City School District The Valdosta City School District holds grades pre-school to undertaking twelve, consisting of five elementary schools, two middle schools, and a high school.
The school precinct serves the town/city of Valdosta and the encircling communities of Lowndes County. The precinct has 447 full-time teachers and over 7,178 students. The Lowndes County School District holds grades pre-school to undertaking twelve, consisting of seven elementary schools, three middle schools, and a high school.
Valwood School is an autonomous college preliminary school enrolling students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Several Christian Schools offering classes K-12 also operate in and near Valdosta including Georgia Christian School, Lighthouse Christian School, Open Bible Christian School, Highland Christian School, St.
Valdosta is also the home of Valdosta State University (VSU), established in 1906 as South Georgia State Normal College for Women.
It became part of the University System of Georgia in 1950 as Valdosta State College.
Valdosta State College accomplished college status and became VSU in 1993 and is one of two county-wide universities in Georgia.
An extension of Georgia Military College is in the town/city limits, and Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is positioned a mile outside of the town/city limits off of Interstate 75.
Valdosta State University Georgia Military College Valdosta Campus I-75.svg Interstate 75 (State Route 401) runs north to south through a section of Valdosta.
Highway 41 (State Route 7) runs north to south entering the town/city at the Withlacoochee River being known as North Valdosta Road, it continues south on North Ashley Street.
Highway 84 (Wiregrass Georgia Parkway) is colocated with State Route 38 and runs west to east bisecting the town/city and is known as Hill Avenue through the town/city limits.
Highway 221 follows US 84 and SR 38 west of Valdosta and State Route 31 northeast of Valdosta.
The Valdosta Regional Airport, three miles south of Valdosta, is serviced by Delta Air Lines to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Atlantic Southeast Airlines as a Delta Connection.
In 1898, the Valdosta Street Railway Company secured the right to operate street cars on Patterson, Ashley, Toombs, Lee, Hill, Central, Crane and Gordon Streets.
Valdosta was one of the smallest metros/cities in America to have a street stockyards system.
The Lowndes County Historical Society & Museum is positioned at the Carnegie Library of Valdosta, a National Register of Historic Places listed building and Carnegie library, one of 24 Carnegie Libraries in Georgia.
This festival is for the LGBTQ Community and their allies in the Valdosta and encircling counties.
The first festival was held in 2008 on the front lawn of Valdosta State University, hosted by the VSU Gay Straight Alliance.
In 2009 the festival became South Georgia Pride and held its festival at the John W Saunders Park in Valdosta in 2010.
The Valdosta Mayor John J.
Valdosta has a strong high school football tradition.
The Valdosta High School Wildcats have one of the most prosperous high school football programs in the nation with 913 wins, six nationwide championships (1962, 1969, 1971, 1984, 1986, 1992, 2016), 24 Georgia state championships between 1920 and 1998, and 41 region titles. The annual matchup between the two enhance high schools, Lowndes and Valdosta High, is known as the Winnersville Classic. Valdosta leads the overall series 34-16 and 19-12 since 1981 when the annual match was titled the Winnersville Classic.
Valdosta State University Valdosta State Blazers Valdosta State Blazers football The Valdosta State University Blazers have won a total of three Division II National Championship titles (2004,2007 and 2012) and have also have won 6 Gulf South Conference football championships (1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010).
Valdosta State University's Men's Tennis team won the 2006 and 2011 NCAA Division II nationwide championships. The team has also appeared in the nationwide title game in 2004, 2007, and 2010.
Valdosta State's Men's Tennis team leads the Gulf South Conference with nine conference championships (1996, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011). In 2011 the men's team became the first to win five consecutive GSC Championships in tennis. The first baseball team at Valdosta State was formed in 1954 and had its first official season of intercollegiate competition in 1955.
Greg Guilliams became VSU's head baseball coach in 2008 and won a Gulf South Conference East Division title in his first year and led Valdosta State to its first postseason appearance in seven years. Valdosta hosted a several different minor league baseball squads amid the twentieth century, and was one of six metros/cities in the Georgia State League which began play in 1906, with the team known as the Valdosta Stars. From 1946-1958, the Valdosta Tigers were a "Class-D" minor league team.
Valdosta was also home to the Valdosta Trojans which was a "farm" team for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Due to the Valdosta High School football team's record as well as multiple championships in many sports by Valdosta State University, Lowndes High School, Valwood School, Georgia Christian School, and other academic establishments in the town, Valdosta was impel as a finalist in 2008 for ESPN's "Titletown USA" contest.
On July 28, 2008, with 29.2% of fan votes on ESPN's website poll, Valdosta was titled Title - Town USA. WXHT 102.7 FM Pop Hits (Broadcast from Valdosta but licensed to Madison, Florida) WSTI 105.3 FM Classic Soul and R&B (Broadcast from Valdosta but licensed to Quitman) Valdosta and Lowndes County is part of the Tallahassee, Florida tv market and receives most channels from that city; it also receives some channels from the neighboring Albany market.
The station serves the Valdosta and Albany areas, and includes subchannels offering programming from My - Network - TV, Me-TV and The CW.
Father Divine, was arrested in Valdosta in 1914 and charged with lunacy in Valdosta under the name John Doe (alias God).
James Lord Pierpont, composer of "Jingle Bells", lived many years in Valdosta, where he taught music Elsie Quarterman, plant biologist and professor of biology at Vanderbilt University, was born in Valdosta in 1910 Buck Belue, former Valdosta High School standout and quarterback of the University of Georgia's 1980 nationwide championship team, now a radio talk show host Thompson, the 71st Governor of Georgia, retired and died in Valdosta.
Valdosta in fiction Parts of Fannie Flagg's novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe and the 1991 film based upon the novel are set in Valdosta.
In Allen Steele's science fiction novel Coyote Frontier, Valdosta in the year 2070 is the site of Camp Buchanan, an internment camp for dissident liberal intellectuals.
Scenes from Ernest in the Army take place in Valdosta, even though the entire film was shot in South Africa.
Scenes from the film Zombieland, starring Woody Harrelson, were shot on Valdosta streets and at close-by Wild Adventures infamous park. In Cotton Patch Gospel, Joe moves Jesus and the rest of the family to Valdosta when Herod dies.
The Lady Chablis performed in Valdosta in the novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt.
The 1986 movie As Summers Die starring Bette Davis and Jamie Lee Curtis was filmed in Valdosta.
In John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden, Adam Trask stops in Valdosta to steal supplies and request cash from his brother Charles after escaping from a Florida chain gang on his way back to Connecticut.
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