List of U.S. Place Names of French Origin - Georgia

Georgia

  • Beaulieu ("pretty place")
  • Berrien County
  • Decatur
  • Decatur County
  • Fannin County
  • Fayette County
  • LaGrange ("The Barn", named for the French Estate of Marquis de Lafayette)
  • Lanier County
  • Macon
  • Valdosta (named after the French-speaking region of Val d'Aoste in the Italian Alps)

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    —Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)

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