Savannah, Georgia
Savannah | ||
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Downtown Savannah viewed from Bay Street Historic Gingerbread House in Victorian Historic District | ||
FIPS code 13-69000[5] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 0322590[3] | |
Website | www.savannahga.gov |
Savannah (/səˈvænə/ sə-VAN-ə) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia.[6] A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War,[7] Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's fifth most populous city, with a 2020 U.S. census population of 147,780.[8] The Savannah metropolitan area, Georgia's third-largest, had a 2020 population of 404,798.[4]
Each year, Savannah attracts millions of visitors to its cobblestone streets, parks, and notable historic buildings. These include the birthplace of
Savannah's downtown area, which includes the Savannah Historic District, its 22 parklike squares, and the Savannah Victorian Historic District, is one of the largest National Historic Landmark Districts in the United States (designated by the federal government in 1966).[6] Downtown Savannah largely retains the founder James Oglethorpe's original town plan, a design known as the Oglethorpe Plan. During the 1996 Summer Olympics hosted by Atlanta, Savannah held sailing competitions in the nearby Wassaw Sound.
History
On February 12, 1733,
By the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, Savannah had become the southernmost commercial port in the Thirteen Colonies. British troops took the city in 1778, and the following year a combined force of American and French soldiers, including Haitians, failed to rout the British at the Siege of Savannah. The British did not leave the city until July 1782.[11] In December 1804 the state legislature declared Milledgeville the new capital of Georgia.
Savannah, a prosperous seaport throughout the nineteenth century, was the Confederacy's
Savannah was named after the Savannah River, which probably derives from variant names for the
Geography
Savannah lies on the Savannah River, approximately 20 mi (32 km) upriver from the Atlantic Ocean.[19] According to the United States Census Bureau (2011), the city has a total area of 108.7 square miles (281.5 km2), of which 103.1 square miles (267.0 km2) is land and 5.6 square miles (15 km2) is water (5.15%). Savannah is the primary port on the Savannah River and the largest port in the state of Georgia. It is also located near the U.S. Intracoastal Waterway. Georgia's Ogeechee River flows toward the Atlantic Ocean some 16 miles (26 km) south of downtown Savannah, and forms the southern city limit.
Savannah is prone to flooding, due to abundant rainfall, an elevation at just above sea level, and the shape of the coastline, which poses a greater surge risk during hurricanes. The city currently uses five canals. In addition, several pumping stations have been built to help reduce the effects of flash flooding.[20]
Climate
Savannah's climate is classified as
Seasonally, Savannah tends to have hot and humid summers with frequent (but brief) thunderstorms that develop in the warm and tropical air masses, which are common. Although summers in Savannah are frequently sunny, half of Savannah's annual precipitation falls during the months of June through September. Average dewpoints in summer range from 67.8 to 71.6 °F (20 to 22 °C). Winters in Savannah are mild and sunny with average daily high temperatures of 61.4 °F (16 °C) in January. November and December are the driest months recorded at Savannah–Hilton Head International Airport. Each year Savannah reports 21 days on average with low temperatures below freezing, though in some years fewer than 10 nights will fall below freezing, and the city has even gone an entire winter season (that of 1879-80) without recording a freeze.[23] Although decades might pass between snowfall events, Savannah has experienced snow on rare occasions, most notably in December 1989, when up to 3.9 inches (9.9 cm) was recorded in one day in parts of the city.[21][24]
Savannah is at risk for
Savannah was most recently affected by an active 2016 hurricane season, including Hurricane Matthew (which made a partial eyewall landfall),[26] and was brushed by Hurricane Irma in 2017.[27][28][29]
Climate data for Savannah, Georgia (Savannah/Hilton Head Int'l), 1991–2020 normals,[b] extremes 1871–present[c] | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 84 (29) |
87 (31) |
94 (34) |
95 (35) |
102 (39) |
104 (40) |
105 (41) |
104 (40) |
102 (39) |
97 (36) |
89 (32) |
83 (28) |
105 (41) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 77.5 (25.3) |
80.9 (27.2) |
84.9 (29.4) |
89.1 (31.7) |
94.0 (34.4) |
97.5 (36.4) |
98.8 (37.1) |
97.6 (36.4) |
94.0 (34.4) |
88.6 (31.4) |
83.3 (28.5) |
78.2 (25.7) |
99.7 (37.6) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 61.4 (16.3) |
65.1 (18.4) |
71.4 (21.9) |
78.2 (25.7) |
84.7 (29.3) |
89.6 (32.0) |
92.3 (33.5) |
90.8 (32.7) |
86.4 (30.2) |
79.0 (26.1) |
70.2 (21.2) |
63.7 (17.6) |
77.7 (25.4) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 50.7 (10.4) |
54.0 (12.2) |
60.0 (15.6) |
66.7 (19.3) |
74.1 (23.4) |
80.1 (26.7) |
83.0 (28.3) |
82.1 (27.8) |
77.7 (25.4) |
68.8 (20.4) |
59.1 (15.1) |
53.2 (11.8) |
67.5 (19.7) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 40.0 (4.4) |
42.9 (6.1) |
48.6 (9.2) |
55.2 (12.9) |
63.4 (17.4) |
70.7 (21.5) |
73.7 (23.2) |
73.3 (22.9) |
69.0 (20.6) |
58.6 (14.8) |
48.0 (8.9) |
42.6 (5.9) |
57.2 (14.0) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | 23.3 (−4.8) |
26.5 (−3.1) |
31.2 (−0.4) |
39.4 (4.1) |
49.8 (9.9) |
62.7 (17.1) |
68.6 (20.3) |
67.2 (19.6) |
57.1 (13.9) |
42.1 (5.6) |
31.4 (−0.3) |
26.9 (−2.8) |
21.6 (−5.8) |
Record low °F (°C) | 3 (−16) |
8 (−13) |
20 (−7) |
28 (−2) |
39 (4) |
49 (9) |
61 (16) |
57 (14) |
43 (6) |
28 (−2) |
15 (−9) |
9 (−13) |
3 (−16) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.28 (83) |
2.80 (71) |
3.50 (89) |
3.39 (86) |
3.62 (92) |
6.65 (169) |
5.75 (146) |
5.46 (139) |
4.35 (110) |
3.72 (94) |
2.39 (61) |
3.21 (82) |
48.12 (1,222) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 9.9 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 8.4 | 107.6 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
69.6 | 67.0 | 66.8 | 65.4 | 70.1 | 73.6 | 76.0 | 78.6 | 77.7 | 72.9 | 72.3 | 70.8 | 71.7 |
Average dew point °F (°C) | 37.0 (2.8) |
38.8 (3.8) |
45.7 (7.6) |
51.6 (10.9) |
60.8 (16.0) |
67.8 (19.9) |
71.2 (21.8) |
71.6 (22.0) |
67.5 (19.7) |
56.5 (13.6) |
48.0 (8.9) |
40.5 (4.7) |
54.8 (12.6) |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 175.5 | 181.0 | 232.0 | 275.6 | 288.9 | 276.0 | 271.3 | 245.8 | 214.3 | 228.6 | 193.5 | 174.2 | 2,756.7 |
Percent possible sunshine | 55 | 59 | 62 | 71 | 67 | 65 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 65 | 61 | 56 | 62 |
Source: |
The first meteorological observations in Savannah probably occurred at
Cityscape
Neighborhoods
Savannah is a city of diverse neighborhoods. More than 100 distinct neighborhoods can be identified in six principal areas of the city: Downtown (Landmark Historic District and Victorian District), Midtown, Southside, Eastside, Westside, and Southwest/West Chatham (recently annexed suburban neighborhoods).
Historic districts
Besides the Savannah Historic District, one of the nation's largest, five other historic districts have been formally demarcated:[33]
- Savannah Victorian Historic District
- Cuyler–Brownsville District
- Thomas Square Historic District
- Pin Point Historic District
- Ardsley Park–Chatham Crescent Historic District
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1800 | 5,146 | — | |
1810 | 5,215 | 1.3% | |
1820 | 7,523 | 44.3% | |
1830 | 7,303 | −2.9% | |
1840 | 11,214 | 53.6% | |
1850 | 15,312 | 36.5% | |
1860 | 22,292 | 45.6% | |
1870 | 28,235 | 26.7% | |
1880 | 30,709 | 8.8% | |
1890 | 43,189 | 40.6% | |
1900 | 54,244 | 25.6% | |
1910 | 65,064 | 19.9% | |
1920 | 83,252 | 28.0% | |
1930 | 85,024 | 2.1% | |
1940 | 95,996 | 12.9% | |
1950 | 119,638 | 24.6% | |
1960 | 149,245 | 24.7% | |
1970 | 118,349 | −20.7% | |
1980 | 141,654 | 19.7% | |
1990 | 137,560 | −2.9% | |
2000 | 131,510 | −4.4% | |
2010 | 136,286 | 3.6% | |
2020 | 147,780 | 8.4% | |
2022 (est.) | 148,004 | 0.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[34] 1850-1870[35] 1870-1880[36] 1890-1910[37] 1920-1930[38] 1940[39] 1950[40] 1960[41] 1970[42] 1980[43] 1990[44] 2000[45] 2010[46] 2020[47] |
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Savannah's official 2020 population was 147,780, up from the official 2010 count of 136,286 residents.
In 2010, there were 51,375 households, out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.2% were
Race and ethnicity
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000[52] | Pop 2010[46] | Pop 2020[47] | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH)
|
49,903 | 49,381 | 54,082 | 37.95% | 36.23% | 36.60% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
|
74,691 | 74,782 | 71,845 | 56.79% | 54.87% | 48.62% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
|
277 | 315 | 311 | 0.21% | 0.23% | 0.21% |
Asian alone (NH) | 1,984 | 2,697 | 5,610 | 1.51% | 1.98% | 3.80% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 78 | 130 | 238 | 0.06% | 0.10% | 0.16% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 188 | 242 | 692 | 0.14% | 0.18% | 0.47% |
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 1,451 | 2,347 | 5,213 | 1.10% | 1.72% | 3.53% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2,938 | 6,392 | 9,789 | 2.23% | 4.69% | 6.62% |
Total | 131,510 | 136,286 | 147,780 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
In 2010, the racial and ethnic makeup of the city was 55.04%
Crime
The total number of violent crimes in the Savannah-Chatham County reporting area ran just above 1,000 per year from 2003 through 2006. In 2007, however, the total number of violent crimes jumped to 1,163. Savannah-Chatham has recorded between 20 and 25 homicides each year since 2005.
In 2007, Savannah-Chatham recorded a sharp increase in home burglaries but a sharp decrease in larcenies from parked automobiles. During the same year, statistics show a 29 percent increase in arrests for Part 1 crimes.[55] An additional increase in burglaries occurred in 2008 with 2,429 residential burglaries reported to Savannah-Chatham police that year. That reflects an increase of 668 incidents from 2007. In 2007, there were 1,761 burglaries, according to metro police data.[56] Savannah-Chatham police report that crimes reported in 2009 came in down 6 percent from 2008.
In 2009, 11,782 crimes were reported to metro police — 753 fewer than in 2008. Within that 2009 number is a 12.2 percent decrease in violent crimes when compared with 2008. Property crimes saw a 5.3 percent decline, which included a 5.2 percent reduction in residential burglary. In 2008, residential burglary was up by almost 40 percent. While some violent crimes increased in 2009, crimes like street robbery went down significantly. In 2009, 30 homicides were reported, four more than the year before. Also, 46 rapes were reported, nine more than the year before. In the meantime, street robbery decreased by 23 percent. In 2008, metro police achieved a 90 percent clearance rate for homicide cases, which was described as exceptional by violent crimes unit supervisors. In 2009, the department had a clearance rate of 53 percent, which police attributed to outstanding warrants and grand jury presentations.[57]
The SCMPD provide the public with up-to-date crime report information through an online mapping service.[58] The year of 2015 saw a dramatic increase in the number of violent crimes, including at least 54 deaths due to gun violence, a number not seen since the early 1990s.[59] The first quarter of 2018 saw crime trending downward, compared to 2017.[60]
Religion
Prior to
Founded in 1733, with the establishment of the Georgia colony,
The oldest standing house of worship is
According to the
Among Savannah's non-Christian population, which forms a minority, Hinduism was the city's second-largest religion. Judaism was Savannah's third-largest, with a history dating back to 1733.[65] Orthodox Judaism, Reform Judaism, and Conservative Judaism were the predominant Jewish traditions adhered to. Islam was the area's fourth-largest religion, followed by the Baha'i.[64]
Economy
Agriculture was essential to Savannah's economy during its first two centuries.
By the nineteenth century, the Port of Savannah had become one of the most active in the United States. In the early years of the United States, goods produced in the
Savannah's first hotel,
For years, Savannah was the home of
In 2000,
Prisons
The Georgia Department of Corrections operates the Coastal State Prison in Savannah.[75][76]
Arts and culture
Beyond its architectural significance as being the nation's largest, historically restored urban area, the city of Savannah has a rich and growing performing arts scene, offering cultural events throughout the year.
Books and literature
- The Savannah Book Festival – an annual book fair held on Presidents' Day weekend in the vicinity of historic Telfair and Wright squares, includes free presentations by more than 35 contemporary authors. Special events with featured writers are offered at nominal cost throughout the year.[77]
- Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home[78] – a museum house dedicated to the work and life of the acclaimed fiction writer Flannery O'Connor, who was born in Savannah and lived in the city until the age of fifteen.[79] In addition to its museum, the house offers literary programming, including the annual Ursrey Lecture honoring American fiction writers.[80]
- Other notable authors with ties to Savannah include Conrad Aiken, Mary Kay Andrews, and James Alan McPherson. The songwriter Johnny Mercer was a native Savannahian.[81][82][83][84]
Dance
- Savannah Ballet Theatre – established in 1998 as a nonprofit organization, it has grown to become the city's largest dance company.[85]
Music
- The Coastal Jazz Association – presents a variety of jazz performances throughout the year in addition to hosting the annual Savannah Jazz Festival.[86]
- Savannah Children's Choir – non-profit, auditioned choir for children in 2nd through 8th grades that performs throughout the community and in annual holiday and spring concerts.[87]
- Savannah Concert Association – presents a variety of guest artists for chamber music performances each season. Performances are generally held in the Lucas Theatre for the Arts.[88]
- Savannah Music Festival – an annual music festival of diverse artists which is Georgia's largest musical arts festival and is nationally recognized as one of the best music festivals in the world.
- The Savannah Orchestra – Savannah's professional orchestra, which presents an annual season of classical and popular concert performances.[89]
- The Savannah Philharmonic – professional orchestral and choral organization presenting year round concerts (classical, pops, education).[90]
- The Savannah Winds – amateur concert band hosted by the music department of Georgia Southern University.[91]
- The Armstrong Youth Orchestra – Savannah's professional orchestra for elementary, middle school, high school and some college students.[92]
- Annual Haitian Flag Day – an annual festival of diverse artists, music, and various festivities.
Theater and performance
- The American Traditions Vocal Competition – an annual vocal competition that desires to foster and preserve traditions of musical expression significant in the culture of the United States in the past and present. The Competition includes the Johnny Mercer Award.[93]
- Savannah Children's Theatre – a nonprofit, year-round drama theater company geared toward offering elementary through high school students (and adults) opportunities for participation in dramatic and musical productions.[94]
- Savannah Community Theatre – a full theater season with a diverse programming schedule, featuring some of Savannah's finest actors in an intimate, three-quarter-round space.[95]
- Little Theatre of Savannah – founded in 1950, The Little Theatre of Savannah, Inc., is a nonprofit, volunteer-based community organization dedicated to the celebration of the theater arts. Recognizing the unique social value, expressive fulfillment and opportunity for personal growth that theater provides its participants, the Little Theatre of Savannah invites all members of the community to participate both on- and off-stage.[96]
- The Savannah Theatre – Savannah's only fully professional resident theater, producing music revues with live singers, dancers and the most rockin' band in town. Performances happen year-round, with several different titles and a holiday show.[97]
- The Savannah Repertory Theatre – part of the cultural fabric of Savannah since 2016 and the city's only nonprofit professional theater.
- Lucas Theatre for the Arts – founded in December 1921, the Lucas Theatre is one of several theaters owned by the Savannah College of Art and Design. It hosts the annual Savannah Film Festival.
- Trustees Theater – once known as the Weis Theater, which opened February 14, 1946, this theater reopened as the Trustees Theater on May 9, 1998, and hosts a variety of performances and concerts sponsored by the Savannah College of Art and Design. SCAD also owns the building.
- Odd Lot Improv – founded in 2010, a family-friendly improv comedy troupe performing weekly shows on Mondays and Fridays.[98]
- House of Gunt – alternative drag collective founded in 2013 with monthly shows at Club One on top of other performances around the city throughout the year.[99]
Visual and community arts
- Art Rise Savannah, Inc. – a local community nonprofit devoted to increasing access to the arts and improving opportunities for artists in the city.[100]
Culture
Savannah's architecture, history, and reputation for Southern charm and hospitality are internationally known. The city's former promotional name was "Hostess City of the South", a phrase still used by the city government.[101][102] An earlier nickname was "the Forest City", in reference to the large population of live oak trees that flourish in the Savannah area. These trees were especially valuable in shipbuilding during the 19th century.[103] In 2019, Savannah attracted 14.8 million tourists from across the country and around the world.[104] Savannah's downtown area is one of the largest National Historic Landmark districts in the United States.[10]
The city's location offers tourists access to the coastal islands and the Savannah Riverfront, both popular tourist destinations.
The Savannah International Trade & Convention Center is located on
The Georgia Historical Society, an independent educational and research institution, has a research center in Savannah. The research center's library and archives hold the oldest collection of materials related to Georgia history.
The Savannah Civic Center on Montgomery Street is host to more than nine hundred events each year.
Savannah has consistently been named one of "America's Favorite Cities" by
The mile-long Jones Street has been described as one of the most charming streets in America.[108][109]
Squares
Savannah is noted for its 22 squares, small parks arranged along five historic streets running north to south. Each street has between three and five squares. The squares vary in size and character, from the formal fountain and monuments of the largest, Johnson, to the playgrounds of the smallest, Crawford. Elbert, Ellis, and Liberty Squares are classified as the three "lost squares", destroyed in the course of urban development during the 1950s. Elbert and Liberty Squares were paved over to make way for a realignment of U.S. highway 17, while Ellis Square was demolished to build the City Market parking garage. The city restored Ellis Square after razing the parking garage. The garage has been rebuilt as an underground facility, the Whitaker Street Parking Garage, and it opened in January 2009. The restored Ellis Square opened in March 2010.[110][111][112] Separate efforts are now under way to revive Elbert and Liberty Squares.
Franklin Square is the site of Savannah's Haitian Monument, which commemorates the heroic efforts of the Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue in the 1779 Siege of Savannah and for an independent America. One of the few black regiments to fight for the American side in the Revolutionary War, the soldiers were recruited from present-day Haiti, until 1804 the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Chippewa Square honors the Battle of Chippawa during the War of 1812. It features a large statue of James Oglethorpe, the city's founder. In popular culture, the square is the location of the park bench seen in the 1994 film Forrest Gump from which the title character dispenses wisdom to others waiting for a bus.[113]
Because both Calhoun Square (the official name until 2022)[114] and Whitefield Square were named for prominent slaveholders, a movement was begun in 2021 to rename them Sankofa Square and Jubilee Square, respectively.[115] Calhoun Square was renamed Taylor Square in 2024.[116]
Historic homes
Among the historic homes that have been preserved are: the Olde Pink House, the Sorrel–Weed House, Juliette Gordon Low's birthplace, the Davenport House Museum, the Green–Meldrim House, the Owens–Thomas House, the William Scarbrough House, and the Wormsloe plantation of Noble Jones. Mercer Williams House, the former home of Jim Williams in Monterey Square, is the main location of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Opulent buildings that succumbed to fire include the mansions at Bonaventure Plantation and Greenwich Plantation.
Historic cemeteries
Colonial Park Cemetery was the city's principal burial ground for much of the eighteenth century, when Georgia was a British colony. Laurel Grove Cemetery, with the graves of many Confederate soldiers and African American slaves, was Savannah's chief municipal cemetery during the nineteenth century. Bonaventure Cemetery is a former plantation and the final resting place for some illustrious Savannahians. Also located in Savannah are the Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery and the Levi Sheftall Family Cemetery, which both date back to the second half of the eighteenth century.
Historic forts
. Confederate troops soon surrendered, and the cannon effectively rendered all brick fortifications obsolete.Other historic sites
- Savannah Historic District (buildings) and the Savannah Victorian Historic District
- Forsyth Park
- Juliette Gordon Low Historic District
- Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed – a 33.2-acre (134,000 m2) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[117][118]
- John P. Rousakis Riverfront Plaza
- Factors Walk and River Street's pedestrian promenade, restored nineteenth-century cotton warehouses and passageways include shops, bars and restaurants.
- City Market – Savannah's restored central market and popular nightlife destination features antiques, souvenirs, small eateries, as well as two large outdoor plazas.[119]
- Hill Hall as a part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program.[120] Hill Hall, which was built in 1901, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[121]
- Telfair Academy of Arts of Sciences– the South's first public art museum.
- Wormsloe Plantation – the partially restored house and grounds of an 18th-century Georgia plantation.
Shopping
Various centers for shopping exist about the city including Abercorn Common, Savannah Historic District, Oglethorpe Mall, Savannah Mall and Abercorn Walk.
Other attractions
- American Prohibition Museum – Located in Savannah's City Market, this unique museum displays the history of prohibition in America from 1907 to 1933. It also traces the roots of NASCAR, which developed from the era's bootlegging operations.
- Clary's Cafe – featured in both the 1994 book and 1997 film Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
- Club One – former home of The Lady Chablis and also featured in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.[122]
- Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens – a developing botanical garden located at Bamboo Farm, a former USDA plant-introduction station south of Savannah that began operations in 1919.
- Crystal Beer Parlor, the city's oldest restaurant.[123]
- Oatland Island Wildlife Center – located east of Savannah, a facility owned and operated by the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education and featuring wildlife from surrounding coastal Georgia and South Carolina.
- Leopold's Ice Cream, a popular ice cream parlor.
- Ossabaw Island – an environmentally protected and commercially undeveloped barrier island south of Savannah.
- Pinkie Masters Bar – a popular Savannah watering hole and the site of presidential visits and political campaigns. Pinkie Masters was a local political figure and a friend of President Jimmy Carter, who made several visits to the bar and the city.
- Pirates' House – historic restaurant and tavern located in downtown Savannah.
- Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum – a museum dedicated to African-American history in Savannah.
- Skidaway Island – an affluent suburban community south of Savannah that hosts Skidaway Island State Park, the University of Georgia Aquarium and the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography.
- Tybee Island– popular Atlantic resort town 17 mi (27 km) east of Savannah, with public beaches, a lighthouse, and other attractions.
- Waving Girl statue, honoring Florence Martus.
Sports
Portions of the East Coast Greenway, a 3,000-mile-long (5,000 kilometer) system of trails from Maine to Florida, run through Savannah.
Professional sport teams
Club | Sport | League | Venue | Championships | Notes |
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Savannah Clovers FC | Soccer | National Independent Soccer Association | Memorial Stadium (Savannah) | 1 (UPSL 2019) | 2016–present |
Savannah Ghost Pirates[124] | Ice hockey | ECHL | Enmarket Arena | 0 | 2022–present |
Savannah Braves | Baseball | Southern League
|
Grayson Stadium | 0 | 1971–1983 |
Savannah Cardinals
|
Baseball | South Atlantic League | Grayson Stadium | 2 (1993, 1994) | 1984–1995 |
Savannah Sand Gnats | Baseball | South Atlantic League | Grayson Stadium | 2 (1996, 2013) | 1996–2015 |
Savannah Bananas | Baseball | Coastal Plain League (exhibition only) | Grayson Stadium | 3 (2016, 2021, 2022) | 2016–present |
Savannah Spirits | Basketball | Continental Basketball Association | Savannah Civic Center | 0 | 1986–1988 |
Savannah Wildcats | Basketball | Continental Basketball League | Georgia Southern University-Armstrong Campus
|
1 (2010) | 2010–present |
Coastal Georgia Buccaneers | Basketball | The Basketball League | 2024–present | ||
C-Port Trojans | Basketball | East Coast Basketball League | Savannah High School | 2014–present | |
Savannah Steam
|
American football | American Indoor Football | Tiger Arena | 2015–2016 |
Collegiate sports teams
Club | Affiliation | Conference | Venues | Notes |
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Savannah College of Art and Design Bees | NAIA | Florida Sun Conference
|
SCAD Athletic Complex, Ronald C. Waranch Equestrian Center | |
Savannah State Tigers
|
NCAA Division II | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Tiger Arena, Ted Wright Stadium |
Government
Savannah adopted a council-manager form of government in 1954. The city council consists of the mayor and eight aldermen, six of whom are elected from one of six aldermanic districts, with each district electing one member. The other two members and the mayor are elected at-large.
The council levies taxes, enacts ordinances, adopts the annual budget, and appoints the city manager.[125] The city manager enacts the policies and programs established by council, recommends an annual budget and work programs, appoints bureau and department heads, and exercises general supervision and control over all employees of the city.[125]
State representation
Derek Mallow (D) and Ben Watson (R) represent the Savannah area in the Georgia State Senate.[126][127] Carl Gilliard (D), Anne Allen Westbrook (D), Ron Stephens (R), Edna Jackson (D) and Jesse Petrea (R) represent the area in the Georgia House of Representatives.[128]
Education
Savannah hosts four colleges and universities offering bachelor's, master's, and professional or doctoral degree programs:
Savannah Law School, which opened in 2012 in the historic Candler building on Forsyth Park, ceased operations in 2018.[130]
Savannah is also home to most of the schools in the Chatham County school district, the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools. Notable secondary schools in Savannah-Chatham County include the following (public schools are indicated with an asterisk):
- Beach High School*
- Benedictine Military School
- Calvary Day School
- Groves High School*
- Islands High School*
- Jenkins High School*
- Johnson High School*
- New Hampstead High School*
- Saint Andrew's School
- St. Vincent's Academy
- Savannah Arts Academy*
- Savannah Christian Preparatory School
- Savannah Country Day School
- Savannah High School*
- Windsor Forest High School*
The Oatland Island Wildlife Center of Savannah[d] is also a part of the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools. An environmental education center, it serves thousands of students from throughout the Southeastern United States. Located east of Savannah on a marsh island, it features a 2-mile (3.2 km) Native Animal Nature Trail that winds through maritime forest, salt marsh, and freshwater wetlands. Along the trail, visitors can observe native animals such as Florida panthers, Eastern timber wolves, and alligators in their natural habitat.
Media
Savannah's major television stations are
The Georgia Gazette was the Georgia colony's first newspaper and was published in Savannah beginning April 7, 1763.[131] Today the Savannah Morning News is Savannah's only remaining daily newspaper. It first appeared on January 15, 1850 as the Daily Morning News. Both the Savannah Tribune and the Savannah Herald are weekly newspapers with a focus on the city's African-American community. Connect Savannah is a free weekly newspaper focused on local news, culture and music.[132][133] The Coastal Buzz is the metro area's only media company dedicated to "positive news". It is owned by Positive Life Media.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport is located off Interstate 95 west of Savannah.
Public transit throughout the region is assured by
Interstates and major highways
- Interstate 95 — Runs north–south just west of the city; provides access to Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport and intersects with Interstate 16, which leads into the city's center.
- Interstate 16 — Terminates in downtown Savannah at Liberty and Montgomery streets, and intersects with Interstate 95 and Interstate 516.
- Interstate 516 — An urban perimeter highway connecting southside Savannah, at DeRenne Avenue, with the industrialized port area of the city to the north; intersects with the Veterans Parkway and Interstate 16 as well. Also known as Lynes Parkway.
- U.S. Route 80 (Victory Drive) — Runs east–west through midtown Savannah and connects the city with the town of Thunderbolt and the islands of Whitemarsh, Talahi, Wilmington and Tybee. Merges with the Islands Expressway and serves as the only means of reaching the Atlantic Ocean by automobile.
- I-516, then I-16, and finally continuing over the Talmadge Memorial Bridgeinto South Carolina.
- Harry S. Truman Parkway — Runs through eastside Savannah, connecting the east end of downtown with southside neighborhoods. Construction began in 1990 and opened in phases (the last phase, connecting with Abercorn Street, was completed in 2014).
- Veterans Parkway — Links Interstate 516 and southside/midtown Savannah with southside Savannah, and is intended to move traffic quicker from north–south by avoiding high-volume Abercorn Street. Also known as the Southwest Bypass.
- Islands Expressway — An extension of President Street to facilitate traffic moving between downtown Savannah, the barrier islands and the beaches of Tybee Island.
Police and fire departments
In 2003 Savannah and Chatham County voted to merge their city and county
In February 2018, the city and county governments ended the police department merger. This reestablished both the Savannah Police Department and the Chatham County Police Department, and they now operate as two separate agencies.
Sister cities
Savannah's sister cities are:[138]
Notable people
See also
- USS Savannah, 6 ships
Notes
- ^ O.S. February 1, 1732, according to the Julian calendar used in the British colonies until September 2, 1752. With the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, eleven days in the date were omitted and the modern New Year (January 1) replaced the Julian contemporary New Year (March 25), previously observed in England and Wales.
- ^ Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.
- Hunter Field from May 1945 to September 1950, and at Savannah/Hilton Head Int'l since October 1950. For more information, see ThreadEx.
- ^ The Oatland Island Wildlife Center of Savannah was known as the Oatland Island Education Center until 2007.
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Further reading
- Coffey, Thomas F., Jr. (1994). Only in Savannah: Stories and Insights on Georgia's Mother City. Savannah: Frederic C. Beil. ISBN 0-913720-84-4.
- Coffey, Thomas F. Jr. (1997). Savannah Lore and More. Savannah: Frederic C. Beil. OCLC 37238907.
- Dick, Susan (2001). Savannah, Georgia. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub. OCLC 47253807.
- Elmore, Charles (2002). Savannah, Georgia. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub. OCLC 54852532.
- Felton, Ariel (November 26, 2020). "For Black tour guides in Savannah, the historical is personal". Washington Post.
- Russell, Preston; Hines, Barbara (1992). Savannah: A History of Her People Since 1733. Savannah: Frederic C. Beil. OCLC 613303710.
- Smith, Derek (1997). Civil War Savannah. Savannah: Frederic C. Beil. OCLC 37221004.
External links
- Official website
- www.visitsavannah.com — Official Site of the Savannah Convention & Visitors Bureau
- www.seda.org — Savannah Economic Development Authority
- Savannah Historic Newspapers Archive — Digital Library of Georgia
- Virtual Historic Savannah Project Archived August 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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