15-518: Riceboro is a city in Liberty County , Georgia , United States. The population was 809 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Hinesville - Fort Stewart metropolitan statistical area . The community was named for the early rice industry in the area. Riceboro served as the second seat of Liberty County from 1789 until 1837. The Georgia General Assembly first incorporated the place as
30-601: A career academy, Liberty College & Career Academy (LCCA), for extra academics where students study for a profession they could seek out in the future. The 2014 independent film , A Promise , was filmed in Liberty County. 31°48′N 81°28′W / 31.80°N 81.46°W / 31.80; -81.46 Lyman Hall Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
45-623: A jail in Savannah, Georgia . The event drew condemnation from both the local black community and from several prominent white citizens, with the preacher at Midway Methodist Church denouncing the acts and publishing a widely circulated letter condemning the Wayne County officials of being complicit in the murders. The incident prompted an investigation by the NAACP , and in total, 22 men were indicted , with four being convicted . According to
60-569: Is also included in the Savannah -Hinesville- Statesboro , Georgia Combined Statistical Area . The area that was to become Liberty County was originally occupied by the Guale Indians. In the early 16th century, the Spanish placed a Catholic mission called Santa Catalina de Guale on today's St. Catherine's Island to minister to the Guale. During the 18th century, the Guale became part of
75-571: Is water. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 615 people, 310 households, and 193 families residing in the city. List of county seats in Georgia (U.S. state) Liberty County, Georgia Liberty County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia . As of the 2020 census , the population is 65,256. The county seat is Hinesville . Liberty County is part of the Hinesville, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area , which
90-641: The Midway District, located between the Ogeechee and South Newport Rivers. The land was granted to them, and they moved as a community with their families and Negro slaves into the area. They immediately began clearing the swamps and marshes and establishing rice fields. On March 15, 1758, the royal government of Georgia created Saint John's Parish, which included this area between the Ogeechee River and South Newport River. The town of Sunbury
105-459: The Muscogee confederation. In 1733, Gen. James Oglethorpe negotiated with the local Muskogean Indian tribes for this land that became part of the new colony of Georgia . Settlement of the area by European settlers was sparse until 1752. In that year, a group of Congregationalists from Dorchester, South Carolina petitioned the royal government of Georgia for grants of land in an area known as
120-580: The Ogeechee River basin. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 65,256 people, 23,485 households, and 16,657 families residing in the county. Liberty County School District is the designated school district for grades K-12 for the county, except parts in Fort Stewart . Fort Stewart has the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) as its local school district, for
135-552: The U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 603 square miles (1,560 km ), of which 490 square miles (1,300 km ) is land and 113 square miles (290 km ) (18.7%) is water. The eastern and southern portion of Liberty County is located in the Ogeechee Coastal sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin. The northern and western portion of the county is located in the Canoochee River sub-basin of
150-483: The "Village of Riceborough" in 1819. Riceboro is located at 31°44′7″N 81°26′25″W / 31.73528°N 81.44028°W / 31.73528; -81.44028 (31.735411, -81.440240). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 11.4 square miles (30 km), of which 11.1 square miles (29 km) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km) (2.72%)
165-500: The efforts of the citizens of Saint John's parish in pursuing the American ideal of liberty . Sunbury was first designated the county seat in 1784. In 1797, the seat was transferred to Riceboro , and in 1837 it was transferred again to Hinesville. On July 1, 1922, James Harvey and Joe Jordan, two African American men, were lynched by a mob of about 50 people in Liberty County during an escort by police from Jesup, Georgia to
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#1732782634868180-490: The elementary level. Students at the secondary level on Fort Stewart attend public schools operated by county school districts. The Liberty district operates public schools, including the comprehensive high school Liberty County High School and the Bradwell Institute , as well as its educative middle schools Midway Middle School, Lewis Frasier Middle School, and Snelson-Golden Middle School. They also provide
195-585: The other citizens of the colony. In 1774, they were among the first in the colony of Georgia to join the movement for the repeal of the Intolerable Acts . In 1775, unable to persuade the rest of the colony of Georgia to join with the other 12 colonies to send a representative to the 2nd Continental Congress , they sent their own representative from Saint John's Parish, Dr. Lyman Hall . The royal government of Georgia came to an end in January 1776 when
210-516: The patriotic Georgia Council of Safety arrested the governor, James Wright and took over the government of the colony. The new government, composed of many of the leading citizens of Saint John's parish, organized a convention and established the first Constitution for the State of Georgia . On February 5, 1777, under the new constitution, the parishes of Saint John's, Saint Andrew's and Saint James' were consolidated and named Liberty County to honor
225-651: Was established on June 19, 1758, on the Medway River and quickly became the 2nd busiest port in Georgia, behind Savannah . The Congregationalists who settled the Midway District were able to establish a flourishing rice culture with the use of Negro slaves to tend to the rice fields. These Congregationalists were 2nd and 3rd generations of people born in British America and had become more independent-minded and distinct in their political views from
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