Milledgeville, Georgia

Milledgeville is a city located in Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Baldwin County. It is northeast of Macon, between Eatonton and Hardwick along U.S. Highway 441 on the banks of the Oconee River. It was the capital of Georgia for some time, notably during the Civil War. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 18,757.

History

Milledgeville was named after Georgia governor John Milledge, and was laid out at the start of the 19th century to be the new centrally located capital of the State of Georgia. It served as the state capital from 1804 to 1868.

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Georgia governor - John Milledge - 19th century - Georgia - 1804 - 1868

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Vaudeville actor and motion picture comedian Oliver Hardy began his career in Milledgeville. Author Flannery O'Connor spent her adolescence and parts of her later life in Milledgeville and is buried there.

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Vaudeville - Oliver Hardy - Flannery O'Connor

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Milledgeville is the location of the Central State Hospital, Georgia's first public psychiatric hospital, founded in 1842.

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Milledgeville is also home to two institutes of higher education, Georgia Military College and Georgia College & State University.

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Milledgeville is composed of two main districts: a heavily commercialized area extending from a few blocks norths of Georgia College and State University to four miles north of Milledgeville proper known to locals simply as "441", and the "Downtown" area, encompassing the college, buildings housing city government agencies, various bars and the sole dance club, appropriately named "Capital City."

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