22 Facts About Brunswick Georgia

Brunswick Georgia is bordered on the west by Oglethorpe Bay, the East River, and the Turtle River.

Three years after the Province of Brunswick Georgia was founded in 1733, James Oglethorpe had the town of Frederica built on St Simons Island, challenging Spaniards who laid claim to the island.

Brunswick Georgia was a rectangular tract of land consisting of 383.

However, about this time Brunswick Georgia lost most of its citizens, many of whom were Loyalists, to East Florida, the Caribbean Basin, and the United Kingdom for protection during the American Revolutionary War.

Brunswick Georgia was recognized as an official port of entry in 1789 by an act of the United States Congress.

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Brunswick Georgia was abandoned during the American Civil War when citizens were ordered to evacuate.

City of Brunswick is located in southeastern Georgia, approximately halfway between Jacksonville, Florida and Savannah.

Brunswick Georgia receives a high amount of rainfall annually, averaging about 49.

However, the city has experienced hurricane or near-hurricane conditions several times due to storms passing through Florida from the Gulf of Mexico and entering Brunswick Georgia or passing to the north or south in the Atlantic and brushing the area.

From 1950 to 2007, Brunswick Georgia served host to the Golden Isles Bowl Classic, one of the most prestigious junior college football bowl games in the country.

Brunswick Georgia area is home to two out of three publicly accessible beaches in the state.

Brunswick Georgia is the gateway city to Jekyll and St Simons islands; both are accessible via automobile only by causeways from the city.

In 1913 the Brunswick Pilots debuted as part of the short-lived Empire State League, before joining the Georgia State League in 1914, and the Florida–Alabama–Georgia League in 1915.

Brunswick Georgia area is rich in live oak trees, particularly the Southern live oak.

The mayor of Brunswick Georgia is Cornell Harvey, who was elected in 2014 and is the first African-American mayor of Brunswick Georgia.

In November 2008, Mayor Thompson and the city commission of Brunswick Georgia traveled to Ganzhou to strengthen ties between the two cities.

Brunswick Georgia has one free weekly newspaper delivered to most homes in Glynn County, The Harbor Sound .

Major AM radio stations in Brunswick Georgia are WSFN 790, an ESPN affiliate and primarily a sports station; WGIG 1440; and WBGA 1490, which are all news and talk stations.

Brunswick Georgia has been featured in scenes from the films The View from Pompey's Head, Conrack, The Longest Yard, and the documentary Criminalizing Dissent .

Brunswick Georgia last had direct passenger service in 1966 or 1967 with the unnamed successor to the Southern Railway's Kansas City-Florida Special.

In 2004, the Brunswick campus was named Best Large Hospital in the State of Georgia by the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals.

Brunswick Georgia has an active sister cities program designed to encourage cultural and economic exchanges.