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Encyclopedia Britannica



GRIFFIN

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 596 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GRA-GUI
GRIFFIN , 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 (3258 negroes) ; (1910) 7478. 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 vaanufacture 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 184o and was chartered as a city in 1846.


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