Fort Gaines, Georgia

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Fort Gaines, Georgia is a small historic city in Clay County along the Chattahoochee River in southwestern Georgia, near the Alabama state border.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fort Gaines, Georgia canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
adjacentWaterBody Walter F. George Reservoir ⓘ
areaCode 229 ⓘ
areaLand about 5.0 square miles ⓘ
areaTotal about 7.9 square miles ⓘ
areaWater about 2.9 square miles ⓘ
areaWaterNote includes part of Walter F. George Reservoir ⓘ
borderFeature Walter F. George Lock and Dam ⓘ
borderType near Alabama state border ⓘ
climateType humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Clay County, Georgia ⓘ
economicCharacter small rural service center ⓘ
elevation 154 feet ⓘ
47 meters ⓘ
FIPSCode 13-30688 ⓘ
foundedAs frontier fort ⓘ
function administrative center of Clay County, Georgia ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0356120 ⓘ
governmentType city government ⓘ
hasFeature historic river bluffs overlooking the Chattahoochee River ⓘ
preserved earthwork fortifications ⓘ
historicalRole frontier outpost on the Chattahoochee River ⓘ
historicDistrict Fort Gaines Historic District ⓘ
historicDistrictStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
historicSignificance site of 19th-century military fortifications ⓘ
locatedIn Southwestern Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Georgia
locatedInMetropolitanArea non-metropolitan rural area ⓘ
locatedNear Alabama ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Chattahoochee River ⓘ
namedFor Edmund Pendleton Gaines ⓘ
linked to: Edmund P. Gaines
nearbyCityAcrossRiver Eufaula, Alabama ⓘ
nearestStateBorder Alabama–Georgia border ⓘ
partOf Wiregrass region of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Wiregrass region
population approximately 993 ⓘ
populationCensusYear 2020 ⓘ
postalCode 39851 ⓘ
primaryHighway Georgia State Route 37 ⓘ
Georgia State Route 39 ⓘ
U.S. Route 82 NERFINISHED ⓘ
region U.S. Deep South ⓘ
regionalDescription small historic city ⓘ
servedAs defense point against Native American attacks in early 19th century ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Time Zone
transportRole local river and highway crossing point on the Chattahoochee River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgia–Alabama state line → passesNear → Fort Gaines, Georgia ⓘ
Walter F. George Lake → hasCityOnShore → Fort Gaines, Georgia ⓘ
Clay County, Georgia → countySeat → Fort Gaines, Georgia ⓘ
Clay County, Georgia → largestCity → Fort Gaines, Georgia ⓘ
Clay County, Georgia → hasSettlement → Fort Gaines, Georgia ⓘ
Walter F. George Lock and Dam → associatedCity → Fort Gaines, Georgia ⓘ
GA-02 → hasCity → Fort Gaines, Georgia ⓘ