Knoxville, Georgia

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Knoxville is an unincorporated community in and the county seat of Crawford County, Georgia, United States.^[1] The community is in the Macon metropolitan area.

The former city's municipal charter was dissolved in 1995 pursuant to a Georgia law which abolished city governments which were defunct or minimally operative.

Knoxville is the birthplace of John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola, although he moved to Columbus, Georgia while a child.

Knoxville has a population of around 800. It is not recorded in the census, as it is unincorporated, but local government estimates it as around that number.^{[citation needed]}

Alexis de Tocqueville visited Knoxville in 1832 as part of his tour of America which he would eventually describe in his famous book, Democracy in America.

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Coordinates: 32°43′28″N, 83°59′52″W

[edit] References

1. ^ Find a County. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

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