| LC control no. | n 81149958 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Valdosta (Ga.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Georgia--Valdosta |
| Variant(s) | Valdosta, Ga. City of Valdosta (Ga.) |
| See also | Troupville (Ga.) |
| Beginning date | 1860-12-07 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Georgia Lowndes County (Ga.) |
| Field of activity | Politics and government Municipal government Metropolitan government |
| Found in | GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 30°49ʹ58ʺN 083°16ʹ43ʺW) GNIS, Apr. 1, 2012 (Valdosta, pop. place, Lowndes Co., Ga., variant name: Troupville; also: City of Valdosta, civil, Lowndes Co., Ga., 30.8501733° -83.2782850° 30°51ʹ01ʺN 083°16ʹ42ʺW) Valdosta, Georgia : early history of Lowndes County and Valdosta, Georgia, via WWW, Apr. 1, 2012 (in 1837 Troupville became the county seat; when the new Atlantic and Gulf Railroad extended its right of way from Savannah toward Pensacola, it was on a line which ran four miles south of Troupville; a location on the rail line and in the center of the county for the county seat was selected and named Valdosta; In choosing a name for their county seat, the citizens of Lowndes did not wish to transfer the name of Troupville to the new town; most of the residents of Troupville relocated to Valdosta, and in a few weeks Troupville, as a town, was no more. A few families, however, remained in Troupville for some time.) <http://history.ucan.us/valdostaga.htm> Wikipedia, Apr. 1, 2012 (Troupville, Georgia; an unincorporated area in Lowndes County, Georgia, United States near Valdosta. Troupville was a riverboat landing at the junction of the Withlacoochee River and the Little River. Troupville was first called Lowndesville and was the original county seat. When the railroad came and killed off the riverboats, Troupville residents picked up their houses and moved to the railroad, founding Valdosta) Krakow, K.K. Georgia place-names, 1975: p. 245 (called The Azalea City," "Vale of Beauty," and "Naval Stores Capital of the World" -- Incorporated as a city on December 7, 1860) OMB bulletin 03-04 (June 6, 2003), viewed April 5, 2015 attachment (new Metropolitan Statistical Areas ... 46660 Valdosta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area) <https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/omb/bulletins/b03-04_attach.pdf> |
| Geographic area code | n-us-ga |
| Associated language | eng |
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