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December 10, 1895
- In 1855, Douglas was named as the county seat of Coffee County. When the railroad came to Douglas in 1895, it brought enough "boom" with it for Douglas to be chartered as a city on December 10, 1895.
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Douglas was founded in 1855 as the seat of the newly formed Coffee County. [6] It was named for Senator Stephen A. Douglas from Illinois, a renowned stump speaker who was the challenger to Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election of 1860. [7] Douglas was chartered as a town in 1895 and as a city in 1897.
Douglas, city, seat (1858) of Coffee county, south-central Georgia, U.S., about 80 miles (130 km) east of Albany. It was founded in 1858 and was named for U.S. Sen. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, who became Abraham Lincoln’s opponent in the 1860 presidential election.
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Dec 23, 2002 · Douglas was chartered as a town in 1895 and as a city in 1897. The Georgia and Florida Railroad located its offices and shops in Douglas in 1909. During the 1920s and 1930s Douglas became one of the major tobacco markets in the state.
It was named for Senator Stephen A. Douglas, a renowned stump speaker and Congressman who was the presidential challenger to Abraham Lincoln in the Election of 1860. Douglas was chartered as a town in 1895 and as a city in 1897. In 1895, the railroad came to Douglas and the community began to boom.
Douglas is a city in Coffee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 11,722. Douglas is the county seat of Coffee County and the core city of the Douglas micropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 50,731 as of the 2010 census. Map. Directions.
Sep 9, 2024 · 2 Photo of downtown Douglas on Peterson Avenue ~It is the mission of the City of Douglas to provide all citizens cost effective services, with leadership that is open ...
