Funeral Homes in Statesboro, GA

Facts about the city

• Some of the notable people born here have been: Jeremy Mincey (american football player), Rashad Wright (basketball player), Danny McBride (actor and stand-up comedian), John Rocker (baseball player), Jason Childers (baseball player), Joey Hamilton (baseball player), and Brooks Williams (songwriter and singer).
• Statesboro is home to the following sports teams: Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball.

Statesboro is the largest city and the county seat of Bulloch County, Georgia, United States, with a population of 28,422 at the 2010 census and an estimated 2014 population of 30,367. It is the principal city of the Statesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area, with an estimated 2012 population of 72,694. A college town, Statesboro is best known as the home of Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral-Research University.The city was chartered in 1803, starting as a small trading community providing the basic essentials for surrounding plantations. In 1906, Statesboro leaders joined together to bid for and win the First District A&M School, which eventually grew into Georgia Southern University. Statesboro inspired the blues song "Statesboro Blues", written by Blind Willie McTell in the 1920s, and covered in a well-known version by The Allman Brothers Band.

Statesboro Obituaries

History

The area surrounding Georgia Southern University was once called Collegeboro, but was never incorporated and eventually Statesboro grew outward encompassing "Collegeboro" and the university. Statesboro is a city in southeast Georgia (US state) United States, and is the county seat and most populous city of Bulloch County, Georgia County. The proprietor replied, "You are standing in the middle of town." The soldiers destroyed only the courthouse—a crude log structure that doubled as a barn when court was not in session. The school continued to grow in the following decades and eventually became Georgia Southern University, a comprehensive research university with more than 16,000 students. After the Civil War, the city began to grow and Statesboro emerged as a major town in southeastern Georgia.

The official website for the city of Statesboro is http://www.statesboroga.gov.