Africa Andrew Sullivan Arizona bear Catholic Church Catskills Christianity Denning Dostoevsky fall Giant Ledge Gothamist Jesus John Byron Kuhner John Kuhner Jung Kentucky Latin Louisiana love Mardi Gras Miami Mississippi River nature New Orleans New York New York City Obama Occupy Wall Street Ohio Reginald Foster Religion Richmond Hill sexuality Shakespeare simplicity snow South Africa spring Staten Island Staten Island or Life In the Boroughs Thoreau Venice Wendell Berry winter
The size of Georgia.
31-Jan-09I noted in an earlier post that Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi – I had heard that who knows when, on one of my trips around the country – but the more I thought about it, the less likely it seemed, so I had to check it again. Larger than Florida? Yes – 57,906 square miles to 53,927 for Florida (this only includes land area, so lakes like Okeechobee take a bite out of Florida’s total). Larger than Illinois? Yes – Illinois is at 55,584 (smaller than Iowa, by the way). Even bigger than Michigan (56, 804). Seemingly large states like New York (47,214) and Virginia (39,594) are significantly smaller than Georgia.