FORT VALLEY


Meaning of FORT VALLEY in English

city, seat of Peach county, central Georgia, U.S., just west of Warner Robins and Robins Air Force Base. Settled about 1836, the community developed after the railroad arrived in 1851 as a shipping and canning centre for an extensive peach-growing area. The city also has some light industry. Fort Valley State College was established there in 1895 as a high school for blacks. Inc. 1856. Pop. (1990) 8,198.

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