Brunswick
A 1771 town of squares on the Marshes of Glynn.
- Population
- 15,210 (2020 census)
- Laid out
- 1771
- WWII ships built
- 99
Then
- 1771
The Province of Georgia lays out Brunswick on a grid of squares like Savannah's, named for the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, home of George III's family.
- 1856
Brunswick incorporates as a city on February 22.
- 1878
Sidney Lanier writes “The Marshes of Glynn,” inspired at the spot now called Lanier's Oak.
- 1898
By local tradition, the first Brunswick stew is cooked here in a 25-gallon iron pot.
- 1943–1945
J.A. Jones builds 99 Liberty and Knot ships. Blimps from NAS Glynco, then the largest blimp base in the world, escort almost 100,000 ships without losing one to submarines.
Now
The Port of Brunswick handles about a tenth of all U.S. roll-on/roll-off cargo and is one of the country's busiest auto ports. The cable-stayed Sidney Lanier Bridge opened in 2003.
Brunswick is the gateway to Jekyll and St. Simons islands. The city was once called the Shrimp Capital of the World.
14 tide stations around Brunswick
- Crispen Island5.6 mi
- Dillard Creek7.0 mi
- Buffalo River entrance7.0 mi
- Below Spring Bluff7.5 mi
- Mackay River (ICWW), Buttermilk Sound11.3 mi
- Champney Island, South Altamaha River12.7 mi
- Jones Creek entrance, Hampton River14.0 mi
- Darien, Darien River15.5 mi
- Threemile Cut entrance, Darien River15.8 mi
- Wolf Island, south end16.3 mi
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- Rockdedundy River (Daymark 185)18.1 mi
- Old Tower, Sapelo Island20.5 mi
- Hudson Creek entrance22.3 mi
- Old Tea Kettle Creek (Daymark 173)22.3 mi