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a city of Georgia, the county-seat of Sumter co., about 70 miles S. W. of Macon. It is on the Central of Georgia and the Seaboard Air Line railroads. The center of an important agr cultural region, it also has extensive inthe State Agricultural College, and its and monument works. It is the seat of the State Ag Agricultural College, and its important buildings include a library, large hotel, and a Y. M. C. A. building.
Pop. (1910) 8,063; (1920) 9,010.