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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 vaanufacture 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 184o and was chartered as a city in 1846.