Wiregrass Region

Wiregrass Region

The Wiregrass Region or Wiregrass Country is an area of the Southern United States encompassing parts of southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle. The region is named for the native "Aristida stricta", commonly known as wiregrass due to its texture.

Geography

The region stretches approximately from just below Macon, Georgia and follows the Fall Line west to Montgomery, Alabama. From there it turns south and runs to approximately Washington County, Florida in the northern panhandle. From there it runs east, roughly making its southern boundary along Interstate 10 to Lake City, Florida. From there it turns north, roughly following the Suwanee River back into Georgia and along the western fringes of the Okefenokee Swamp. From here it runs due north back to Macon.

Major highways

Interstate 75, Interstate 10, and portions of Interstate 65 traverse parts of the Wiregrass.

Major cities

Major cities in the region include:
*Dothan, Alabama
*Enterprise, Alabama
*Eufaula, Alabama
*Ozark, Alabama
*Troy, Alabama
*Albany, Georgia
*Americus, Georgia
*Thomasville, Georgia
*Tifton, Georgia
*Valdosta, Georgia
*Lake City, Florida
*Live Oak, Florida
*Marianna, Florida
*Tallahassee, Florida

Military bases

The region includes Fort Rucker a U.S. Army post located mostly in Dale County, Alabama. The post is the primary flight training base for Army Aviation and is home to the United States Army Aviation Warfighting Center (USAAWC) and the United States Army Aviation Museum.

Waterways

There are only two major waterways in the region, and they bisect the wiregrass dividing it into three portions. They are the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River which join to form the Apalachicola River which flows south from Bainbridge, Georgia and Lake Seminole to the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachicola, Florida. Other waterways include Little Choctawhatchee River, Choctawhatchee River, and Choctawhatchee Bay.

Weather

The Wiregrass Region suffers from extremely high humidity in the summer (due to its proximity to the Gulf) and enjoys mild winters. Snowfall occurs occasionally in this region in extremely cold years.

ee also

External links

* [http://www.research.fsu.edu/researchr/fallwinter97/departments/reviews/wiregrass.html Review of "A Wiregrass Witness"]
* [http://www.wiregrasslive.com WiregrassLive.com - Citizen-driven news and messages]
* [http://www.wiregrassnews.com WiregrassNews.com - Collection of News from the Wiregrass area]
* [http://www.wiregrass.com Wiregrass.com]
* [http://www.wiregrasswx.net Wiregrass Weather]


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