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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 596 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GRIFFIN , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

Spalding county, See also:

GEORGIA

Georgia, U.S.A., 43 M. S. of See also:

ATLANTA

Atlanta, and about 970 ft. above the See also:

sea. Pop. (1890) 4503;(1900) 6857 (3258 negroes) ; (1910) 7478. It is served by the See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern and the Central of Georgia See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and is the southern See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the Griffin & See also:

CHATTANOOGA

Chattanooga See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

Division of the latter. The city is situated in a See also:

rich agricultural region, and just outside the corporate limits is an agricultural experiment station, established by the See also:

state but maintained by the Federal See also:

government. Griffin has a large See also:

trade in See also:

cotton and See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is the vaanufacture of cotton and cotton-See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed oil. Buggies, wagons, chairs and See also:

HARNESS (from O. Fr. harneis or harnois; the ultimate origin is obscure; the Celtic origin which connects it with the Welsh haiarn, iron, has phonetic and other difficulties; the French is the origin of the Span. arnes, and Ger. Harnisch)

harness are among the other manufactures. The See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates the See also:

WATER

water and electric-See also:

LIGHTING

lighting systems. Griffin was founded in 184o and was chartered as a city in 1846.

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