GRIFFIN

griffin, a city and the county-seat of spalding county, georgia, u.s.a., 43 m. s. of atlanta, and about 970 ft. above the sea. pop. (1890) 4503; (1900) 6857 (3258 negroes); (1910) 7478. it is served by the southern and the central of georgia railways, and is the southern terminus of the griffin & chattanooga division of the latter. the city is situated in a rich agricultural region, and just outside the corporate limits is an agricultural experiment station, established by the state but maintained by the federal government. griffin has a large trade in cotton and fruit. the principal industry is the manufacture of cotton and cotton-seed oil. buggies, wagons, chairs and harness are among the other manufactures. the municipality owns and operates the water and electric-lighting systems. griffin was founded in 1840 and was chartered as a city in 1846.