Laingkat, Georgia
Laingkatis an extinct town inDecatur County,in theU.S. stateofGeorgia.TheGNISclassifies it as a populated place.[1]A variant name is "Land Cat".[1]
History
[edit]The community was named afterLangkat,in the Indonesian province ofNorth Sumatra,the origin of a type of tobacco grown locally in Georgia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laingkat
- ^Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975).Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins(PDF).Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 128.ISBN0-915430-00-2.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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