Georgia is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States. The population was 4,845 at the 2020 census.
Geography
The town occupies the southwest corner of Franklin County, bordered to the south by Chittenden County. The western border of the town is within Lake Champlain and its St. Albans Bay. St. Albans, the Franklin County seat, is to the north. U.S. Route 7 passes through the town, as does Interstate 89, which crosses US-7 at Exit 18 in the southeast part of town. Both highways lead north to St. Albans and south to Burlington.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 13.03%, is water. The Lamoille River crosses the southeast corner of the town.
History
Georgia was named after King George III by New Hampshire, which was meant to sway the king in a land dispute over Vermont between New York and New Hampshire, both of which claimed to have the rights to the land. During the War of 1812, smuggling was common throughout Vermont, except for Georgia, where the citizens formed a blockade to support the embargo on Canadian goods. The blockade was so functional that smugglers started to call Georgia "Hell's Gate".
Demographics
As of the census
Notable people
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- J. Allen Barber (1809–1881), politician
- Daniel Bliss (1823–1916), missionary; founder of American University of Beirut
- Jeffrey Brace (1742–1827), American Revolutionary War, Black Patriot soldier
- Gardner Quincy Colton (1814–1898), scientist
- James M. Hotchkiss (1812–1877), member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate
- Martha Austin Phelps (1870–1933), chemist
- Hester Martha Poole (1833/1834–1932), writer, artist, advocate
- Alvah Sabin (1793–1885), US congressman
- George J. Stannard (1820–1886), farmer, teacher, Civil War general
- Armando Vilaseca, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Education
- Mehitable E. Woods (1813–1891), hero of the American Civil War