Fort Gaines, Georgia
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Fort Gaines, Georgia is a small historic city in Clay County along the Chattahoochee River in southwestern Georgia, near the Alabama state border.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Gaines, Georgia canonical | 6 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| adjacentWaterBody | Walter F. George Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaCode | 229 ⓘ |
| areaLand | about 5.0 square miles ⓘ |
| areaTotal | about 7.9 square miles ⓘ |
| areaWater | about 2.9 square miles ⓘ |
| areaWaterNote | includes part of Walter F. George Reservoir ⓘ |
| borderFeature | Walter F. George Lock and Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderType | near Alabama state border ⓘ |
| climateType | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Clay County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicCharacter | small rural service center ⓘ |
| elevation |
154 feet
ⓘ
47 meters ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 13-30688 ⓘ |
| foundedAs | frontier fort ⓘ |
| function | administrative center of Clay County, Georgia ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0356120 ⓘ |
| governmentType | city government ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
historic river bluffs overlooking the Chattahoochee River
ⓘ
preserved earthwork fortifications ⓘ |
| historicalRole | frontier outpost on the Chattahoochee River ⓘ |
| historicDistrict | Fort Gaines Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicDistrictStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| historicSignificance | site of 19th-century military fortifications ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Southwestern Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | non-metropolitan rural area ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Chattahoochee River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | Edmund Pendleton Gaines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCityAcrossRiver | Eufaula, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestStateBorder | Alabama–Georgia border ⓘ |
| partOf | Wiregrass region of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | approximately 993 ⓘ |
| populationCensusYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 39851 ⓘ |
| primaryHighway |
Georgia State Route 37
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgia State Route 39 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 82 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | U.S. Deep South ⓘ |
| regionalDescription | small historic city ⓘ |
| servedAs | defense point against Native American attacks in early 19th century ⓘ |
| state | Georgia ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Eastern Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Daylight Time
|
| transportRole | local river and highway crossing point on the Chattahoochee River ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.