Lowndes County, Georgia

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Lowndes County is a county located in the state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population is 92,115. The county seat is Valdosta. The county is a major commercial, educational, and manufacturing center of south Georgia with considerable forest products including pulpwood and naval stores, such as turpentine and rosin.

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County - State - Georgia - 2000 - Valdosta - Forest products - Naval stores - Turpentine - Rosin

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The county was named for William Jones Lowndes, whose father, Rawlins Lowndes, had been a Revolutionary War leader from South Carolina.

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Alabama and Mississippi also have counties called "Lowndes"

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Alabama - Mississippi - Counties called "Lowndes"

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