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Griffin

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a city and the county-seat of Spalding county, Georgia, U.S.A., 43 m. S. of Atlanta; and about 970 ft. above the sea. Pop. (1890) 4503; (1900) 6857, of whom 3258 were negroes. It is served by the Southern and the Central of Georgia railways, and is the southern terminus of the Griffin & Chattanooga Division of the latter. The city is situated in a rich agricultural region, and just outside the corporate limits is an agricultural experiment station, established by the state but maintained by the Federal government. Griffin has a large trade in cotton and fruit. The principal industry is the manufacture of cotton and cotton-seed oil. Buggies, wagons, chairs and harness are among the other manufactures. The municipality owns and operates the water and electric-lighting systems. Griffin was founded in 1840 and was chartered as a city in 1846.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Griffin'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/griffin.html. 1910.
 
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