Augusta, Georgia

**Augusta** is a city in the state of Georgia. As of 2020, the population was 202,081. In 1996, the governments of the City of Augusta and Richmond County combined to form the _Augusta-Richmond County_. The consolidated city-county is today simply known as "Augusta, Georgia". The area that makes up the city of Augusta includes almost all of Richmond County, except for the towns of Hephzibah and Blythe. These towns have their own governments separate from that of Augusta.

Augusta is on the Georgia/South Carolina border. It is about 150 miles east of Atlanta. It is the second largest city and second largest metropolitan area in the state. Augusta is the birthplace of the Southern Baptist denomination. It is also the location of Springfield Baptist Church, the oldest African-American Baptist church in the United States. The city is famous for its golf course, the Augusta National Golf Club which is home to the first major golf tournament of each year, The Masters.

The city was named for Augusta, Princess of Wales, daughter-in-law of King George II of Great Britain and mother of King George III of Great Britain. It was the second state capital of Georgia from 1785 until 1795

Augusta's official nickname is _The Garden City_. It is also known as _Masters City_, because of the Masters golf tournament.

## Other websites

- City of Augusta Homepage
- Augusta Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Augusta, Georgia
- **nickname**: "The Garden City"
- **settlement type**: Consolidated city-county
- **motto**: "I Got You (I Feel Good), We Feel Good"
- **image skyline**: Augustagaskyline.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **image caption**: Augusta Downtown Historic District, Downtown Augusta
- **blank emblem size**: 2
- **image map**: Richmond_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Augusta_Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of consolidated Augusta–Richmond County (red) within Richmond County, Georgia, Richmond County, and location of Richmond County within the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Georgia, County
- **subdivision name2**: Richmond County, Georgia, Richmond
- **established title**: Established
- **established date**: 1736
- **established title2**: Consolidated city-county, City-county consolidation
- **established date2**: 1996
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total sq mi**: 306.44
- **area total km2**: 797.70
- **area land sq mi**: 302.28
- **area land km2**: 782.90
- **area water sq mi**: 4.17
- **area water km2**: 10.80
- **population total**: 202081
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population rank**: List of United States cities by population, 116th in the United States
List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), 3rd in Georgia
- **population density sq mi**: 668.52
- **population density km2**: 258.12
- **population urban**: 431,480 (List of United States urban areas, US: 95th)
- **population density urban km2**: 609.6
- **population density urban sq mi**: 1,578.8
- **population metro**: 611000 (List of metropolitan statistical areas, US: 92nd)
- **timezone**: North American Eastern Time Zone, EST
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Daylight Time, EDT
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **elevation m**: 45
- **elevation ft**: 136
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 30901, 30904, 30906, 30907, 30909, 30912, 30815
- **area codes**: Area codes 706 and 762, 706, 762
- **website**: [http://www.augustaga.gov AugustaGA.gov]
- **founder**: James Oglethorpe
- **named for**: Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha