Valdosta is the county seat of Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Valdosta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 43,724; by the 2006 census estimate, it had grown slightly to 45,529. The 2007 estimate showed a population of 130,170 in the Valdosta metropolitan area.
It is called the Azalea City as the plant grows in profusion there; the city hosts an ...
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Valdosta is the county seat of Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Valdosta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 43,724; by the 2006 census estimate, it had grown slightly to 45,529. The 2007 estimate showed a population of 130,170 in the Valdosta metropolitan area.
It is called the Azalea City as the plant grows in profusion there; the city hosts an annual Azalea Festival in March.
Moody Air Force Base is located nearby.
Valdosta was incorporated on December 7, 1860, at which time the county government was moved from nearby Troupville. Troupville was a steamboat landing on the Withlacoochee River, but when the Gulf and Atlantic Railroad was built four miles (about 6 km) away, the inhabitants simply picked up the town and moved it to the railroad. There are still buildings in Valdosta that made the move.
Troupville, now virtually abandoned, had been named after Governor George Troup, for...
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