Brunswick | Georgia, United States - Britannica

Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos Brunswick Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics Images Quizzes Guess the City by Its River Quiz Contents Geography & Travel Cities & Towns Cities & Towns A-B CITE verifiedCite While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Select Citation Style MLA APA Chicago Manual of Style Copy Citation Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/place/Brunswick-Georgia Feedback External Websites Feedback Corrections? Updates? Omissions? Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Feedback Type Select a type (Required) Factual Correction Spelling/Grammar Correction Link Correction Additional Information Other Your Feedback Submit Feedback Thank you for your feedback

Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.

External Websites

• Official Site of City of Brunswick, Georgia

Brunswick Georgia, United States Ask Anything Homework Help Written and fact-checked by Britannica Editors Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Britannica Editors History Britannica AI Ask Anything Homework Help Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask Anything

Brunswick, city, seat (1777) of Glynn county, southeastern Georgia, U.S. It lies on St. Simons Sound and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, about 75 miles (120 km) southwest of Savannah. Mark Carr, a friend of Georgia colony founder James Edward Oglethorpe, established a tobacco plantation in the 1740s on the site (then known as Plug Point) across from Fort Frederica (1736) on St. Simons Island; the fort became the southernmost British outpost in North America after King George’s War (1744–48). Brunswick, founded in 1771 by Georgia’s Royal Provincial Colonial Council, was named for the ancestral home in Germany of England’s then-reigning house of Hanover. During the American Civil War the city was evacuated in 1862, but it was reoccupied the following year by the Confederates, who repulsed the only Union attack on it.

Brunswick’s deepwater port supports thriving seafood and shipping industries. Naval stores, pulp and wood products, and tourism based on the nearby Golden Isles (St. Simons, Little St. Simons, Jekyll, and Sea islands) are also important to its economy. Coastal Georgia Community College, founded as Brunswick College in 1961, has an enrollment of about 2,000, and Glynn Academy (1788) in the city is the second oldest high school in the state. Fort Frederica National Monument (established 1945) preserves the site of the old fort. Also nearby are Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge (north) and Cumberland Island National Seashore (south). The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is at Glynco, 6 miles (10 km) north. Inc. 1856. Pop. (2000) 15,600; Brunswick Metro Area, 93,044; (2010) 15,383; Brunswick Metro Area, 112,370.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.