Tag: Statesboro
Statesboro is a city and the county seat of Bulloch County, Georgia, United States, in the state’s southeast. Statesboro had a population of 28,422 at the 2010 census, which recorded a population of 70,217 for the Statesboro, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area. A college town, Statesboro is best known as the home to Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral-Research University.
The city was chartered in 1803, starting as a small trading community providing the basic essentials for surrounding plantations. In 1906 Statesboro leaders joined together to bid for and win the First District A&M; School, a land grant college which eventually developed as Georgia Southern University. Statesboro inspired the blues song “Statesboro Blues”, written by Blind Willie McTell in the 1920s, and covered in a well-known version by The Allman Brothers Band.
In 1801, George Sibbald of Augusta donated an 9,301-acre (37.64 km) tract for a centrally located county seat for the growing agricultural…
