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Phil State government, 3 Columbus Muscogee 194,160 The colonial settlement of large numbers of Scottish American English American and Scotch-Irish Americans in the mountains and piedmont and coastal settlement by some English Americans and African Americans have strongly influenced the state's culture in food language and music the concentration of Africans imported to coastal areas in the 18th century repeatedly from rice-growing regions of West Africa led to the development of Gullah-Geechee language and culture in the Low Country among African Americans They share a unique heritage in which African traditions of food religion and culture were continued more than in some other areas in the creolization of Southern culture their foodways became an integral part of all Southern cooking in the Low Country, Georgia 92.svg State Route 92 Grenada (5). . 5.3.2.3 Inventing modern management Georgia Tech's Tech Tower Colony and Dominion of Virginia proprietary colony established 1607 a crown colony from 1624. 7.1.3 State routes 2 Access and transportation Main article: Geology of Georgia (U.S state). Georgia consists of 159 counties second only to Texas with 254 Georgia had 161 counties until the end of 1931 when Milton and Campbell were merged into the existing Fulton Some counties have been named for prominent figures in both American and Georgian history and many bear names with Native American origin Counties in Georgia have their own elected legislative branch usually called the Board of Commissioners which usually also has executive authority in the county Several counties have a sole Commissioner form of government with legislative and executive authority vested in a single person Georgia is the only state with current Sole Commissioner counties Georgia's Constitution provides all counties and cities with "home rule" authority the county commissions have considerable power to pass legislation within their county as a municipality would. Modern rail as economic development indicator The state legislature may allow municipalities to institute local sales taxes and special local taxes such as the 2% SPLOST tax and the 1% sales tax for MARTA serviced counties Excise taxes are levied on alcohol tobacco and motor fuel Owners of real property in Georgia pay property tax to their county All taxes are collected by the Georgia Department of Revenue and then properly distributed according to any agreements that each county has with its cities, Rock 100.5 2.4 Flora The Port of Brunswick and the Sidney Lanier Bridge; Rail transport or train transport is a means of transferring passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails which are located on tracks in contrast to road transport where vehicles run on a prepared flat surface rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run Tracks usually consist of steel rails installed on ties (sleepers) set in ballast on which the rolling stock usually fitted with metal wheels moves Other variations are also possible such as slab track This is where the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface; .

Northeast Georgia Medical Center In early 1861 Georgia joined the Confederacy (with secessionists having a slight majority of delegates) and became a major theater of the Civil War Major battles took place at Chickamauga Kennesaw Mountain and Atlanta in December 1864 a large swath of the state from Atlanta to Savannah was destroyed during General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea 18,253 Georgian soldiers died in service roughly one of every five who served in 1870 following the Reconstruction Era Georgia became the last Confederate state to be restored to the Union. ! 7 Transportation The campus is organized into four main parts: West Campus East Campus Central Campus and Technology Square West Campus and East Campus are both occupied primarily by student living complexes while Central Campus is reserved primarily for teaching and research buildings, The ascendancy of the Republican Party in Georgia and in the South in general resulted in Georgia U.S House of Representatives member Newt Gingrich being elected as Speaker of the House following the election of a Republican majority in the House in 1994 Gingrich served as Speaker until 1999 when he resigned in the aftermath of the loss of House seats held by members of the GOP Gingrich mounted an unsuccessful bid for President in the 2012 election but withdrew after winning only the South Carolina and Georgia primaries.