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Tybee Island is an island and a present-day city in Chatham County, Georgia near the city of Savannah. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,392. The island, which includes the city of the same name, had a population of 3,713. Chatham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ...
Coordinates: County Chatham - Mayor Otis S. Johnson Area - City 202. ...
The United States Census of year 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...
Tybee Island may be best known outside of Georgia as the home of the Tybee Bomb, a nuclear weapon that was lost offshore on February 5, 1958. Officially renamed "Savannah Beach" in a publicity move at the end of the 1950s, the city of Tybee Island has since reverted to its original name (although maps show the use of the name "Savannah Beach" as far back as 1952 on official state maps). [1]. The small island, which has long been a quiet getaway for the residents of Savannah, has become a popular vacation spot with tourists from outside the Savannah metropolitan area. Mark 15 bomb The Tybee Bomb is a 7,600 pound (3,500 kg) Mark 15, Mod 0 hydrogen bomb that was lost in the waters off Savannah, Georgia on February 5, 1958. ...
The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ...
February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Coordinates: County Chatham - Mayor Otis S. Johnson Area - City 202. ...
Tybee Island is also the site of the first of what became the Days Inn chain of hotels. Days Inn is a hotel chain headquartered in the United States. ...
History
Tybee Island was originally inhabited by the Euchee Native American tribe and gave the island its name: tybee is a Euchee word for salt. Original territory of the Yuchi Tribe The Yuchi, also spelled Euchee and Uchee, are a Native American Indian tribe previously living in the eastern Tennessee River valley in Tennessee, northern Georgia and northern Alabama who now primarily live in the norteastern Oklahoma area. ...
A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) Salt covering the floor of Bad Water in Death Valley, CA, the lowest point in the US. A salt, in chemistry, is any ionic compound composed of cations (positively charged ions) and anions (negative ions) so that the product is neutral...
Later, in the 1500s the Spanish laid claim to the island and named it Los Bajos. It was at the northern end of the Guale missionary province of Spanish Florida. During that time the island was frequented by pirates who used the island to hide from those who pursued them. Pirates later used the island’s inland waterways for a fresh water source. After the founding of South Carolina in 1670, warfare increased between the English and Spanish and their allied Indians as well as South Carolina's pirate allies. In 1702 James Moore of South Carolina led an invasion of Spanish Florida with an Indian army and a fleet of pirates. The invasion failed to take the capital of Florida, St. Augustine, but did destroy the Guale and Mocama missionary provinces, raiding and enslaving Indians throughout the Sea Islands, including Tybee Island. After another invasion of Spanish Florida by South Carolina in 1704, Spanish power was limited to St. Augustine and Pensacola and the Sea Islands were depopulated, allowing the establishment of new English settlements such as the colony of Georgia. The decade of years from 1500 to 1509, inclusive. ...
Guale was a Native American chiefdom that became part of Spanish Floridas missionary system in the late 16th century. ...
Spanish Florida refers to the Spanish colony of Florida. ...
This article is about sea pirates. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Area Ranked 40th - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²) - Width 200 miles (320 km) - Length 260 miles (420 km) - % water 6 - Latitude 32°430N to 35...
Colonel James Moore was the British colonial governor of South Carolina between 1700 and 1703. ...
Five flags have flown over the city since 1565. ...
Mocama was a Native American chiefdom that became part of Spanish Floridas missionary system in the late 16th century. ...
The Sea Islands are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. ...
In 1733 English settlers led by James Oglethorpe settled on Tybee Island before moving on to settle eventually in Savannah. In 1736 John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, arrived on Tybee Island. Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ...
General James Oglethorpe James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 – 30 June 1785) was an English general, a philanthropist, and a founder of the state of Georgia. ...
Coordinates: County Chatham - Mayor Otis S. Johnson Area - City 202. ...
Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ...
John Wesley (June 17, 1703 – March 2, 1791) was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement. ...
The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination, and the second-largest Protestant one, in the United States. ...
Lighthouse
 Tybee Island Light Station today The Tybee Island Light Station is one of just a handful of 18th century lighthouses still in operation in North America. First built in the year 1736, the lighthouse was made of brick and wood,and was standing 90 feet tall, making it the highest structure in America at that time. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1057x792, 719 KB) Historic Tybee Island Light Station, taken by me during November 2004. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1057x792, 719 KB) Historic Tybee Island Light Station, taken by me during November 2004. ...
The Tybee Island Light Station, also known simply as the Tybee Lighthouse is located on Tybee Island, Georgia, west of Savannah at the mouth of the Savannah River. ...
Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ...
An old brick wall in English bond laid with alternating courses of headers and Brick is an artificial stone made by forming clay into rectangular blocks which are hardened, either by burning in a kiln or sometimes, in warm countries, by sun-drying. ...
Trunks A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is a solid material derived from woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. ...
Today the Tybee Lighthouse is a popular tourist destination, having all of its support buildings on the five-acre site historically preserved. The current black and white tower markings is a reversion to its fourth day mark, first used in 1916 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...
- See Tybee Island Light Station
The Tybee Island Light Station, also known simply as the Tybee Lighthouse is located on Tybee Island, Georgia, west of Savannah at the mouth of the Savannah River. ...
Geography Tybee Island is located at 32°0′24″N, 80°50′58″W (32.006672, -80.849374)GR1. Image File history File links GAMap-doton-TybeeIsland. ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.925 km² (2.674 mi²). Of this, 6.624 km² (2.5575 mi²) is land and 0.3008 km² (0.1161 mi², or 4.344%) is water. The entire island (as distinguished from the city of the same name) has a land area of 56.645 km² (21.871 sq mi). The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ...
A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 3,392 people, 1,568 households, and 901 families residing in the city. The population density was 511.6/km² (1,326.3/mi²). There were 2,696 housing units at an average density of 406.6/km² (1,054.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.93% White, 1.89% African American, 0.56% Native American, 0.85% Asian, 0.06% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.27% of the population. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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. ...
Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ...
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 were 1,568 households out of which 15.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.5% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.5% were non-families. 33.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.62. “Matrimony†redirects here. ...
In the city the population was spread out with 13.8% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 35.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $49,741, and the median income for a family was $58,462. Males had a median income of $45,833 versus $30,694 for females. The per capita income for the city was $32,406. About 5.3% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.2% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
Attractions
 The Tybee Island pier's annual fireworks show Image File history File linksMetadata Tybee_island_georgia_july_4_fireworks. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Tybee_island_georgia_july_4_fireworks. ...
The Tybee Island Light Station, also known simply as the Tybee Lighthouse is located on Tybee Island, Georgia, west of Savannah at the mouth of the Savannah River. ...
Fort Pulaski National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located between Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. ...
For the type of foundation, see Deep foundation. ...
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