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Statesboro
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county seat of Bulloch County, Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Bulloch
- Mayor
- Jonathan McCollar
- City
- 15.31 sq mi (39.64 km )
- Land
- 15.00 sq mi (38.84 km )
- Water
- 0.31 sq mi (0.81 km )
- Elevation
- 253 ft (77 m)
- Density
- 2,229.9/sq mi (860.97/km )
- Metro
- 71,214 (US: 95th )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 30458-30461
- Fips code
- 13-73256
- Gnis feature id
- 0323541
- Website
- www .statesboroga .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Statesboro is the most populous city in and the county seat of Bulloch County, Georgia, United States. Located in the southeastern part of the state, its population was 33,438 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Statesboro micropolitan area, which had 81,099 residents, and is part of the Savannah–Hinesville–Statesboro combined statistical area.
The city was chartered in 1803, starting as a small trading community providing basic essentials for surrounding cotton plantations. This drove the economy throughout the 19th century, both before and after the American Civil War. In 1906, Statesboro was selected as the home of the First District A&M School, a land grant college that eventually developed into Georgia Southern University.
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