Valdosta, Georgia

Lowndes County

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Valdosta is a city in Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Georgia, United States. In 2010 it had 54 518 inhabitants.

Valdosta was founded on December 7, 1860. The residents had originally lived in the nearby Troupville, a jetty for steam boats on the Withlacoochee River. When the new railway line was built in six kilometer distance to Troupville past, people moved to the railroad and founded Valdosta.

Valdosta is home to the Valdosta State University, which was founded in 1906 as South Georgia State Normal College for Women.

In Valdosta, there is the leisure park " Wild Adventures ".

Doc Holliday visited here the school before studying dentistry in Philadelphia.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Rhett Akins, country singer and songwriter
• Molefi Kete Asante, author and Afrozentrist
• Allen Boyd, a congressman from 1997 to 2011
• Bill Hicks, comedian
• Billy Joe Royal, singer

House of the Historical Society and Museum

Baptist Church

West Hall