1824History
Congressman
Cassandra Pickett Durham (1824–1885) physician; the first woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S.
1825Education
Cooper (1825–1882), physician, Baptist minister, and founder of the public school system in Americus
Charles Frederick Crisp (1845–1896), English-born American politician, U.S.
1832Government
The town was incorporated in 1832, and the name Americus was picked out of a hat.
1854Infrastructure
The arrival of the railroad in 1854 and, three decades later, local attorney Samuel H.
1870History
Congressman
Charles Robert Crisp (1870–1937), U.S.
1871Crime
Four of its activists were arrested under Georgia's 1871 Anti-Treason Act.
1890Government
In 1890, Georgia's first chartered electric street car system went into operation in Americus.
1892Government
The town was already graced with an abundance of antebellum and Victorian architecture when local capitalists opened the Windsor Hotel in 1892.
1897Government
Reddick established the Americus Institute (1897–1932).
1898History
Staley was responsible for locating the state Masonic Orphanage in Americus, which served its function from 1898 to 1940.
1908History
Washington was a guest speaker there in May 1908.
1913Civil Rights
=== Race relations and the civil rights movement ===
In 1913, a young black man named Will Redding was lynched by a white mob.
1915History
Both men engineered the unification of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia in 1915, the former as president and the latter as recording secretary.
1917Government
Marshall gave a speech from the balcony in 1917, and soon to be New York Governor Franklin D.
1923History
Lindbergh, the "Lone Eagle", bought his first airplane and made his first solo flight there during a two-week stay in May 1923.
1927Sports
state of Georgia
Lonne Elder III (1927–1996) dramatist
Millard Fuller (1935–2009) lawyer and humanitarian
Chan Gailey (born 1952) football coach
Jimmy Garrison
Victor Green
Dr.
1928History
Roosevelt spoke in the dining room in 1928.
1941Crime
Recommissioned for World War II, Souther Field was used for RAF pilot training (1941–1942) as well as US pilot training before ending the war as a German prisoner-of-war camp.
1942History
Koinonia Farm, an interracial Christian community, was organized near Americus in 1942 by Clarence Jordan.
1957Civil Rights
An uptown store which had refused to honor the Koinonia boycott was bombed in 1957.
1961Crime
spent a weekend in the courthouse jail in 1961, after an arrest in Albany.
1963History
In 1963 occurred the Leesburg Stockade incident.
1965History
Color barriers were first removed in 1965 when J.W.
1968Civil Rights
In 1968, the last segregated black school in Americus was closed, A.
1971Culture
In 1971, the city was featured in a Marshall Frady article, "One Another Town", in Life magazine.
1976History
On January 1, 1976, the city center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Americus Historic District; and the district boundaries were extended in 1979.
1990Education
Staley was designated a National School of Excellence in 1990.
1995Government
With their election in 1995, Eloise R.
2005Government
In 2005, they founded The Fuller Center for Housing, also in Americus.
2007Disaster
=== 2007 tornado ===
Americus was hit by an EF3 tornado around 9:15 pm on March 1, 2007.
2011Architecture
A new hospital, Phoebe Sumter, opened at a new location on the corner of US 19 and Highway 280 in December 2011.
2020History
=== Climate ===
== Demographics ==
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 16,230 people, 6,162 households, and 3,557 families residing in the city.