|
St. Simons is a census-designated place and town located on St. Simons Island, one of the Sea Islands, in Glynn County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 13,381. A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ...
The Sea Islands are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. ...
Glynn County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
St. Simons Island is one of Georgia's famed Golden Isles (along with Sea Island, Jekyll Island, and Little St. Simons Island). Currently, St. Simons Island is a resort community and has many seasonal residents, as well as a steady base of year-round residents. Consequently, many of the residents are retired individuals from other parts of the state or the U.S. The Golden Isles of Georgia are a group of barrier islands on the coast of Georgia. ...
Sea Island is an isolated resort island in Glynn County, Georgia. ...
Jekyll Island is an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia, in Glynn County; it is one of the Sea Islands. ...
A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation. ...
Brunswick, Georgia is the only municipality in the county, and is approximately 12 miles (19 km) inland from the barrier island which is primarily a vacation and tourism destination. Brunswick is a city located in Glynn County, Georgia. ...
A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...
In geography, a bar is a linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water. ...
Geography
St. Simons is located at 31°9'40" North, 81°23'13" West (31.161250, -81.386875)GR1. Image File history File links Adapted from Wikipedias GA county maps by Seth Ilys. ...
The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 46.3 km² (17.9 mi²). 43.0 km² (16.6 mi²) of it is land and 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 7.00% water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
A square mile is the area equal to a square with sides each 1 mile long. ...
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 13,381 people, 6,196 households, and 3,804 families residing in the CDP. The population density is 311.0/km² (805.8/mi²). There are 8,437 housing units at an average density of 196.1/km² (508.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP is 94.29% White, 3.69% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.93% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.28% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. 1.89% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There are 6,196 households out of which 22.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.8% are married couples living together, 6.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.6% are non-families. 32.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.14 and the average family size is 2.71. Marriage is a relationship between individuals which has formed the foundation of the family for most societies. ...
In the CDP the population is spread out with 19.3% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 30.7% from 45 to 64, and 21.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 46 years. For every 100 females there are 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 83.8 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP is $58,475, and the median income for a family is $73,580. Males have a median income of $50,725 versus $32,351 for females. The per capita income for the CDP is $37,256. 4.5% of the population and 2.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 3.6% of those under the age of 18 and 7.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
History
Fort Frederica Fort Frederica, now Fort Frederica National Monument, was the military headquarters of the Province of Georgia during the early colonial period, and served as a buffer against Spanish incursion from Florida. Nearby is the site of the Battle of Bloody Marsh, where on July 7, 1742, the British ambushed Spanish troops marching single file through the marsh and routed them from the island, which marked the end of the Spanish efforts to invade Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Fort Frederica today Fort Frederica National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located on St. ...
Georgia Colony, as specified in the 1732 grant The Georgia Colony was one of the Southern colonies in British North America. ...
Starting in the late 16th century, the English, the French, the Spanish, and the Dutch began to colonize eastern North America. ...
State nickname: Sunshine State Official languages English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Senators Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 22nd 170,451 km² 17. ...
The Battle of Bloody Marsh was a battle in the War of Jenkins Ear in 1742. ...
July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ...
// Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ...
The War of Jenkins Ear was a conflict between Great Britain and Spain that lasted from 1739 to 1748. ...
American Revolution Saint Simons' next military contribution was not until the American Revolution, when timber harvested from 2, 000 Southern live oak trees from Gascoigne Bluff was used to build the USS Constitution. The ship is known as "Old Ironsides" for the way the cannonballs bounced off the hard live oak planking. The American Revolution is the series of events, ideas, and changes that resulted in the political separation of thirteen colonies in North America from the British Empire and the creation of the United States of America. ...
Binomial name Quercus virginiana Mill. ...
Gascoigne Bluff is a bluff next to the Frederica River on the western side of the island of St. ...
The USS Constitution, known as Old Ironsides, is a wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate of the United States Navy. ...
Southern live oaks on Skidaway Island, near Savannah, Georgia Live oak is a common name for a number of unrelated oaks in several different sections of the genus Quercus that happen to share the character of evergreen foliage. ...
An important naval battle (the Frederica Naval Action) was won by the American Colonists near St. Simons on April 19, 1778. Colonel Samuel Elbert was in command of Georgia's Continental Army and Navy. On April 15, 1778 he learned that four ships (including the Hinchinbrook, the Rebecca, and the Galatea) from British East Florida were sailing in St. Simons Sound. Elbert commanded about 360 troops from the Georgia Continental Battalions at Fort Howe to march to Darien, Georgia. There they boarded three Georgia Navy galleys: the Washington, commanded by Captain John Hardy ; the Lee, commanded by Captain John Cutler Braddock; and the Bulloch, commanded by Captain Archibald Hatcher. On April 18 they entered Frederica River and anchored about 1.5 miles (2 kilometers) from Fort Frederica. On April 19 the colonial ships attached the British ships. The Colonial ships were armed with heavier cannons than the British ships. The galleys also had a shallow draft and could be rowed. The wind died down and the British ships had difficulty maneuvering in the restriced waters of the river and sound. Two of the British ships ran aground and the British escaped to their other ship. The battle showed how effective the galleys could be in restricted waters over ships designed for the open sea. The Frederica Naval Action was a big boost to the morale of the Colonists in Georgia. Samuel Elbert (1740– November 11, 1788) was an American merchant from Savannah, Georgia. ...
Map of East and West Florida in 1810. ...
Darien is a city located in McIntosh County, Georgia. ...
Fort Frederica today Fort Frederica National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located on St. ...
In nautical parlance, draft is the depth below waters surface of the lowest part of a ship or boat. ...
Wesley brothers and Christ Church During the colonial period, Saint Simons served as a sometime home to John Wesley, the minister of the colony who later went on to found the Methodist Church. Wesley performed missionary work at St Simons while he was still in the Anglican Church, but he felt despondent over his inability to bring about revivals (writing that the local inhabitants had more tortures from their environment than he could describe for Hell). In the 1740s John Wesley's brother Charles Wesley did missionary work on St. Simons. For entries on other people named John Wesley, see John Wesley (disambiguation). ...
The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...
The Anglican Communion is a world-wide organisation of Anglican Churches. ...
Medieval illustration of Hell in the Hortus deliciarum manuscript of Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180) Hell is, according to many religious beliefs, a place or a state of painful suffering. ...
Charles Wesley (12 December 1707 - 29 March 1788) was a leader of the Methodist movement, the younger brother of John Wesley. ...
In 1808 the State of Georgia gave 100 acres (0.4 km²) of land on St. Simons to be used for a church. The church was called Christ Church, Frederica, and was finished in 1820. During the Civil War, invading Union troops comandeered the small building to stable horses and nearly destroyed it. The church was rebuilt in 1889, and this historic building is still in use as of 2005. The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-four mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right of secession from the...
Cotton Production During the plantation era, Saint Simons became a center of cotton production known for its long fiber Sea Island Cotton. Nearly the entire island was cleared of trees to make way for several cotton plantations. One of the last slave ships to bring slaves from Africa docked at St. Simons Island, but the slaves marched off the boat into the water, dragged down by their chains, and drowned themselves rather than become slaves. An original slave cabin still stands in one location. The Plantation Era is a period of the History of the Southern United States from the early 1700s until 1860 and the start of the American Civil War, which ended slavery and destroyed much of the economic landscape of the south. ...
Picking cotton in Georgia Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ...
Sea Island Cotton or long-staple cotton commanded high prices from makers of fine fabrics in the 1700s. ...
A monument celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, erected in Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, London Wiktionary has a definition of: Slavery Slavery can mean one or more related conditions which involve control of a person against his or her will, enforced by violence or...
// Etymology World map showing Africa (geographically) The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day...
St. Simons Island Light St. Simons Island Light is a lighthouse, located in St. Simons Sound in USCG district number 7, is 104 feet (32 m) tall and uses a third order fresnel lens. The light keeper's residence is a two-story victorian brick structure. The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ...
St. ...
Coast Guard shield The United States Coast Guard is the coast guard of the United States. ...
Lens of a lighthouse in Rozewie A Fresnel lens is a type of lens invented by Augustin-Jean Fresnel. ...
The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles during the Victorian era: Neoclassicism Gothic Revival Italianate Second Empire Neo-Grec Romanesque Revival (Includes Richardsonian Revival) Renaissance Revival Queen Anne Jacobethan architecture (the precusor to the Queen Anne style) British Arts and Crafts movement painted...
This page is about bricks used for construction. ...
Established in 1811, the light was first lit in 1872, was automated in 1954 and is still operational. 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The original octagonal tower on the site was blown up by confederate forces in 1861. Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: With God As Our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861 Richmond, Virginia May 29, 1861–April 9, 1865 Danville, Virginia April 3–April 10, 1865 Largest city New Orleans February 4, 1861 until captured...
1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
The current structure is an active lighthouse for navigational purposes and a museum. It is on lease from the U.S. Coast Guard to the Coastal Georgia Historical Society and is open to the public. Coast Guard shield The United States Coast Guard is the coast guard of the United States. ...
See also Hurricane Dora was the first and only (to date) hurricane to make landfall on the coast of northeast Florida; more specifically, the metropolitan area of Jacksonville (however, Hurricane Donna in 1960 did produce hurricane-force winds in the Jacksonville area with its center just offshore). ...
External links |
Feeds |
Contact