Category: Georgia

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Vernacular farmhouse, Denmark, Ga.

Farmhouse, Denmark, Ga.
Farmhouse, Denmark, Ga.

This vernacular, unpainted farmhouse near Denmark, Ga., sits in a pecan grove surrounded by fields.  The photo, taken by VanishingSouthGeorgia.com’s Brian Brown, is part of the site’s series of pictures in Bulloch County, Ga.

Denmark is a dozen miles south of Bulloch County’s seat, Statesboro, home to Georgia Southern University.  Yet the eastern Georgia county along Interstate 16 is deeply in poverty with 31 percent of residents living below the federal poverty line.  Bulloch County, which has a median household income of $33,902, is home to 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of whom are white.

Photo is copyrighted by Brian Brown.  All rights reserved.

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Methodist church, Bulloch County, Ga.

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Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church in Bulloch County, Ga., dates from a time (1879) when men entered the church through one door, the women through another, notes VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown in this post.

While Bulloch County is home to Georgia Southern University, it is deeply in poverty with 31 percent of residents living below the federal poverty line.

Photo is copyrighted by Brian Brown.  All rights reserved.

 

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Classics, Ben Hill County, Ga.

Classics from two different centuries, Ben Hill County, Ga.
Classics from two different centuries, Ben Hill County, Ga.

The house, writes photographer VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown, is a classic from the 19th century.  The car is a classic from the 1950s.  Both are in Ben Hill County in the central part of the state.

Just over 9,000 people live in Fitzgerald, the county seat of rural Ben Hill County.  Some 31.6 percent of people in the county live in poverty, according to Census figures. More.

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Tar-paper house, Gough, Ga.

Tar-paper house, Gough, Ga.
Tar-paper house, Gough, Ga.

VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown snapped a photo of this tar-paper house in rural Gough, Ga., last month.

Gough (pronounced “GOFF”), located about 10 miles west of Waynesboro in eastern central Georgia, is in Burke County, which had about 23,125 people in 2012.  The population is evenly split in the numbers of white and black residents (49 percent each).  Its population peak was in 1920 when it had almost 31,000 people; its low point was in 1970 when it had 18,255 people.

The county, located between Augusta and Statesboro, has a median household income of $32,188.  Some 28.6 percent of people live in poverty, according to a five-year Census estimate.

Photo taken in by Brian Brown.  Copyrighted; all rights reserved.

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Lodge, Gough, Ga.

Lodge, Gough, Ga.
Lodge, Gough, Ga.

 

VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown writes, “The white building in the foreground is the Gough Lodge of the Prince Hall Masons, an African-American fraternal association. Agricultural warehouses can be seen in the distance.”

Gough (pronounced “GOFF”), located about 10 miles west of Waynesboro in eastern central Georgia, is in Burke County, which had about 23,125 people in 2012.  The population is evenly split in the numbers of white and black residents (49 percent each).  Its population peak was in 1920 when it had almost 31,000 people; its low point was in 1970 when it had 18,255 people.

The county, located between Augusta and Statesboro, has a median household income of $32,188.  Some 28.6 percent of people live in poverty, according to a five-year Census estimate.

Photo taken in by Brian Brown.  Copyrighted; all rights reserved.

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Bob & Bob Grocery, Gough, Ga.

Bob & Bob Grocery, Gough, Ga.
Bob & Bob Grocery, Gough, Ga.

 

VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown says this store is a step back in time, with its old Coca-Cola sign and gas pumps right at the front door.  “There’s also a restaurant next door, though I’m not sure if it’s open. The store was quite busy, though. It was late in the afternoon so the light was a bit harsh.”

Gough (pronounced “GOFF”), located about 10 miles west of Waynesboro in eastern central Georgia, is in Burke County, which had about 23,125 people in 2012.  The population is evenly split in the numbers of white and black residents (49 percent each).  Its population peak was in 1920 when it had almost 31,000 people; its low point was in 1970 when it had 18,255 people.

The county, located between Augusta and Statesboro, has a median household income of $32,188.  Some 28.6 percent of people live in poverty, according to a five-year Census estimate.

Photo taken in by Brian Brown.  Copyrighted; all rights reserved.

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Abandoned church, Gough, Ga.

 

Old church, Gough, Ga.
Old church, Gough, Ga.

 

VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown says this old vernacular church, likely from the turn of the last century, is on private property near Gough, Ga., but can be seen from the road.

Gough (pronounced “GOFF”), located about 10 miles west of Waynesboro in eastern central Georgia, is in Burke County, which had about 23,125 people in 2012.  The population is evenly split in the numbers of white and black residents (49 percent each).  Its population peak was in 1920 when it had almost 31,000 people; its low point was in 1970 when it had 18,255 people.

The county, located between Augusta and Statesboro, has a median household income of $32,188.  Some 28.6 percent of people live in poverty, according to a five-year Census estimate.

Photo taken in by Brian Brown.  Copyrighted; all rights reserved.

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Tenant cabin, Gough, Ga.

19th century tenant cabin, Gough, Ga.
19th century tenant cabin, Gough, Ga.

The owner of this property in rural Burke County, Ga., told VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown that this 19th century tenant cabin is still in use today.

Gough, located about 10 miles west of Waynesboro in eastern central Georgia, is in Burke County, which had about 23,125 people in 2012.  The population is evenly split in the numbers of white and black residents (49 percent each).  Its population peak was in 1920 when it had almost 31,000 people; its low point was in 1970 when it had 18,255 people.

The county, located between Augusta and Statesboro, has a median household income of $32,188.  Some 28.6 percent of people live in poverty, according to a five-year Census estimate.

Photo taken in by Brian Brown.  Copyrighted; all rights reserved.

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Talmadge Mansion, Telfair County, Ga.

Talmadge Mansion, Telfair County, Ga.
Talmadge Mansion, Telfair County, Ga.

Former Atlanta Journal editor Jim Wooten bought and restored the “Talmadge Mansion” of the late Gov. Gene Talmadge in rural Telfair County, Ga., a few years back, as Elliott Brack write recently in GwinnettForum.com:

“In today’s world, this residence looks much like a Southern 5-4-and-a-door, with two-story white columns, red brick, and set about 100 yards back from the highway in a grove of pine trees. But it wasn’t built in today’s world, but constructed 77 years ago when most people in Telfair County probably didn’t have running water in their homes, and many had to bring out the buckets when it rained because of leaks in the roof.”

2014 copyrighted photo by Elliott Brack.  All rights reserved.

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Old commercial building, Millen, Ga.

Old hotel or bank, Millen, Ga.
Old hotel or bank, Millen, Ga.

VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown believes this three-story building in Millen, Ga., once served as a hotel or a bank.  Another view.

Millen, which had a population of 3,492 in 2000, is the county seat of Jenkins County, which was home to 9,213 people, according to the U.S. Census in 2012, an increase of 10 percent from two years earlier. Almost 30 percent of residents live in poverty.

Photo by Brian Brown, 2013.  All rights reserved.