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Lumpkin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,966.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13187.html )〕 Its county seat is Dahlonega.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 == History == Lumpkin County was created on December 3, 1832. The county was named for former governor of Georgia, Wilson Lumpkin. Lumpkin's daughter, Martha Wilson Lumpkin Compton, was the source for the town named Marthasville, the early-1840s predecessor of Atlanta. Gold was discovered in the county near Auraria in the 1830s, and the U.S. government had a mint in Dahlonega for over twenty years, as a result, until the Civil War. Gold from the county was later used on the dome of the current state capitol building. Agriculture and agritourism are top business industries. Since the mid-1990s, Lumpkin County has been recognized as "The Heart of Georgia Wine Country." Five vineyards and wineries are located in the county. Lumpkin county is the home of the U.S. Army's Camp Frank D. Merrill, the home of the 5th Ranger Training Battalion of the U.S. Army Ranger School's mountain Phase. Camp Frank D. Merrill is located in the Northern end of the County, within the Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area of the Chattahoochee National Forest.〔http://www.benning.army.mil › Organizations › 5th RTBn Home〕 There are three Veterans Organizations located in Lumpkin County, to serve the Veterans and Community. The first is the Heyward Fields American Legion Post 239, the US Army Mountain Ranger Association, and the Lumpkin and White County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5533. Lumpkin County also has an agency to help veterans, that agency is named the Lumpkin County Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee, which is in charge of the Lumpkin County Veterans Memorial and the twice yearly Veterans memorial Crosses, which line both sides of the major roads in Dahlonega, from mid-May through the Fourth of July and again for the Month of November. The Crosses are adorned with the names of the county's veterans who have died, some in combat (marked with KIA), and those who returned home and later died.〔http://www.lumpkincountyveteransadvisory.com/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lumpkin County, Georgia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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