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Website. www .gilmercounty-ga .gov. Gilmer County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,353. [1] The county seat is Ellijay. [2] named for a historic Cherokee town also spelled as Elejoy in the eighteenth century.
Ellijay, occasionally spelled Elijay, is a city in Gilmer County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,862 at the 2020 census. [4] The city is the county seat of Gilmer County. [5] Agriculture is important in Gilmer County, known as the "Apple Capital of Georgia." [6] The city holds an annual Georgia Apple Festival in October.
After the boll weevil came through and destroyed Georgia's cotton crops in the 1920s, Gilmer County's economy was bolstered by its apple orchards. A festival to celebrate the apples and what they did for the county during the hard times created by the loss of the cotton crop was first held in 1971. The only cancellation occurred in 2020.
In a show of bipartisanship, the Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday passed the first draft of the $36.1 billion state budget for fiscal year 2025, approving the measure with a nearly ...
Georgia statistical areas. Coordinates: 32.6415°N 83.4426°W. The U.S. State of Georgia currently has 46 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 7 combined statistical areas, 15 metropolitan statistical areas, and 24 micropolitan statistical areas within ...
The spending plan, which passed the state House 175-1 and the Senate 54-1 in the final hours of this year’s legislative session, represents an increase of $3.7 billion over the fiscal 2024 budget.
List of FIPS codes for Georgia. This is the list of FIPS codes for Georgia — FIPS codes for each county in the state. - Weatheradios with WRSAME can also use these codes (prefixed with a 0). 13000 - Georgia (entire state) 13001 - Appling County. 13003 - Atkinson County. 13005 - Bacon County.
Georgia now has $10.7 billion in surplus cash. Here’s more. ... Georgia’s budget pays to educate 1.7 million K-12 students and 435,000 college students; house 49,000 state prisoners; pave ...