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The county was created during Reconstruction after the American Civil War.The Georgia General Assembly named it after abolitionist Frederick Douglass but later changed the spelling to instead credit former Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas as its namesake, [3] an Illinois senator and the Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election of 1860.
The city of Douglasville is the county seat of and largest city in Douglas County, Georgia, United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 34,650, up from 30,961 in 2010 [5] and 20,065 in 2000. Douglasville is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Atlanta and is part of the Atlanta metro area.
Douglas County Courthouse is a historic courthouse at 6754 West Broad Street in Douglasville, Georgia, United States. The courthouse was built in 1956, [2] after the 1896 courthouse burned down. [3] It was built where three prior courthouses originally stood. [3] It was designed in the International Style by Harry E. Roos, Jr. of Southern ...
Douglas County School District is a public school district in Douglas County, Georgia, U.S., based in Douglasville. Its boundaries are those of the county, [2] and it serves the communities of Austell, Douglasville, Lithia Springs, the Douglas County portion of Villa Rica, and Winston. The Douglas County School District is the seventeenth ...
The first public high school for the county was built in 1880 on the present day site of the National Guard Armory in Douglasville. This schoolhouse was used up for most of the county's high school needs until 1937, when President Roosevelt's New Deal WPA program designated that a new school would be built, named Douglasville High School.
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 [4] and the core city of the Douglas micropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 50,731 as of the 2010 census.
Gumbo (Louisiana Creole: Gum-bo) is a stew that is popular among the U.S. Gulf Coast community with the New Orleans stew variation and is the official state cuisine of the U.S. state of Louisiana. [1]
Chapel Hill High School is known for strong academic performance. CHHS met AYP for the 2007–2008 school year. [citation needed] In 2005, 72% of the student body passed the science section of the GHSGT (Georgia High School Graduation Test), 96% passed the English section, and 95% passed the math section, compared with statewide averages of 68%, 95%, and 92% percent, respectively.