Type |
Symbol |
Year and references |
Image |
Amphibian |
American green tree frog Hyla cinerea |
2005[1][2] |
![American Gr-een Tree Frog](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Green_treefrog.jpg/100px-Green_treefrog.jpg) |
Art museum |
Georgia Museum of Art |
1982[3] |
|
Atlas |
The Atlas of Georgia |
1985[4] |
|
Ballet company |
Atlanta Ballet |
1973[5] |
![Atlanta Ballet](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Atlanta_Ballet_logo.png/100px-Atlanta_Ballet_logo.png) |
Beef barbecue championship Cook-off |
The Hawkinsville Civitan Club's "Shoot the Bull" barbecue championship |
1997[6][7] |
|
Bird |
Brown thrasher Toxostoma rufum |
1935 (1970)[note 1][8][9] |
![Brown Thrasher](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Toxostoma_rufum_-Garland%2C_Texas%2C_USA-8.jpg/100px-Toxostoma_rufum_-Garland%2C_Texas%2C_USA-8.jpg) |
Botanical garden |
State Botanical Garden of Georgia |
1984[10] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/State_Botanical_Garden_of_Georgia_001.jpg/100px-State_Botanical_Garden_of_Georgia_001.jpg) |
Butterfly |
Eastern tiger swallowtail Papilio glaucus |
1988[11][12] |
![Eastern Tiger Swallowtail](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Pristine_Eastern_Tiger_Swallowtail.jpg/100px-Pristine_Eastern_Tiger_Swallowtail.jpg) |
Center for character education |
National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force |
2005[13][14] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Mighty_8th_Air_Force_Museum%2C_Pooler%2C_GA%2C_US.jpg/100px-Mighty_8th_Air_Force_Museum%2C_Pooler%2C_GA%2C_US.jpg) |
Cold water game fish |
Southern Appalachian brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis |
2006[15][16] |
![Southern Appalachian brook trout](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Brook_trout_1918.jpg/100px-Brook_trout_1918.jpg) |
Creed |
Georgian's Creed |
1939[17][18] |
|
Crop |
Peanut |
1995[19][20] |
![Peanuts](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Arachis-hypogaea-%28peanuts%29.jpg/100px-Arachis-hypogaea-%28peanuts%29.jpg) |
Dog |
"Adoptable Dog" |
2016[21][22] |
|
Fish |
Largemouth bass |
1970[23][24] |
![Largemouth Bass](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/1351_largemouth_bass_%28Micropterus_salmoides%29_300_dpi.jpg/100px-1351_largemouth_bass_%28Micropterus_salmoides%29_300_dpi.jpg) |
Flag |
Georgia flag |
2003[25] |
![Georgia State Flag](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_the_State_of_Georgia.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_State_of_Georgia.svg.png) |
Flower |
Cherokee rose Rosa laevigata |
1916[26][27] |
![Cherokee Rose](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Cherokee_rose.jpg/100px-Cherokee_rose.jpg) |
Folk dance |
Square dance |
1996[28][29] |
![Square dancing](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/MeowDanceSquares.jpg/100px-MeowDanceSquares.jpg) |
Folk festival |
Georgia Folk Festival |
1992[30][31] |
|
Folk life play |
Swamp Gravy |
1994[32][33] |
|
Fossil |
Shark tooth |
1976[34][35] |
![Shark teeth](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/CretaceousSharkTeeth061812.JPG/100px-CretaceousSharkTeeth061812.JPG) |
Frontier and southeastern Indian interpretive center |
Funk Heritage Center |
2003[36][14] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Funk_Heritage_Center.jpg/100px-Funk_Heritage_Center.jpg) |
Fruit |
Peach |
1995[37][38] |
![Peach](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Autumn_Red_peaches.jpg/100px-Autumn_Red_peaches.jpg) |
Game bird |
Bobwhite quail |
1970[39][40] |
![Bobwhite quail](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Virginiawachtel_2007-06-16_065.jpg/100px-Virginiawachtel_2007-06-16_065.jpg) |
Gem |
Quartz |
1976[41][42] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Quartz_rose_GeorgiaHoggMine13.jpg/100px-Quartz_rose_GeorgiaHoggMine13.jpg) |
Historic drama |
The Reach of Song, a play about mountain writer Byron Herbert Reece |
1990[43][44] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/The_1996_cast_of_The_Reach_of_Song%2C_Georgia%27s_state_historical_drama.jpg/100px-The_1996_cast_of_The_Reach_of_Song%2C_Georgia%27s_state_historical_drama.jpg) |
Historical civil rights museum |
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum |
2008[45][46] |
|
Insect |
Honeybee |
1975[47][48] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Apis_mellifera_bi.jpg/100px-Apis_mellifera_bi.jpg) |
Marine mammal |
North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis |
1985[49][50] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Eubalaena_glacialis_with_calf.jpg/100px-Eubalaena_glacialis_with_calf.jpg) |
Mineral |
Staurolite |
1976[51][52] |
![Staurolite](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Staurolite-26463.jpg/100px-Staurolite-26463.jpg) |
Motto |
"Wisdom, Justice, Moderation" |
1799[53][note 2] |
|
Musical theater |
Jekyll Island Musical Theatre Festival |
1993[54][55] |
|
Nut |
Pecan |
2021[56] |
|
Peanut monument |
Turner County on the west side of Interstate Highway 75 within the limits of the city of Ashburn |
1998[19][57] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ashburn_peanut.jpg/100px-Ashburn_peanut.jpg) |
Poet Laureate |
Poet Laureate of Georgia |
1925[58][59][60] |
|
Pork cook-off |
The Dooly County Chamber of Commerce's "Slosheye Trail Big Pig Jig" |
1997[6][61] |
|
'Possum |
Pogo 'Possum
|
1992[62][63] |
|
Prepared food |
Grits |
2002[64][65] |
![Grits](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Grits_1.jpg/100px-Grits_1.jpg) |
Railroad museum |
The Central of Georgia Railroad Shops Complex Savannah |
1996[66][67] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/CG223_Georgia_RR_Museum.jpg/100px-CG223_Georgia_RR_Museum.jpg) |
Reptile |
Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus |
1989[68][69] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Gopherus_polyphemus_Tomfriedel.jpg/100px-Gopherus_polyphemus_Tomfriedel.jpg) |
Salt-water fish |
Red drum Sciaenops ocellatus |
2006[70][71] |
![Largemouth Bass](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Red_Drum_%28Sciaenops_ocellatus%29.jpg/100px-Red_Drum_%28Sciaenops_ocellatus%29.jpg) |
School |
Plains High School, now part of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site |
1997[72][73][74] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Jimmy_Carter%27s_High_School%2C_Plains%2C_GA%2C_US.jpg/100px-Jimmy_Carter%27s_High_School%2C_Plains%2C_GA%2C_US.jpg) |
Seal |
Great Seal of Georgia |
1798 (1914)[note 3][75] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Seal_of_Georgia.svg/100px-Seal_of_Georgia.svg.png) |
Seashell |
Knobbed whelk Busycon carica |
1987[76][77] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Busycon_carica.jpg/100px-Busycon_carica.jpg) |
Song |
"Georgia on My Mind" lyrics by Stuart Gorrell and music by Hoagy Carmichael with words by Robert Loveman.[note 4][78][79] |
1979[80] |
|
Tartan |
Georgia Tartan |
1997[81][82] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Georgia_Tartan.gif/100px-Georgia_Tartan.gif) |
Theater |
Springer Opera House Columbus |
1971–2, (1992)[note 5][83][84] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/GENERAL_VIEW_-_Springer_Opera_House%2C_105_Tenth_Street%2C_Columbus%2C_Muscogee_County%2C_GA_HABS_GA%2C108-COLM%2C31-1.tif/lossy-page1-100px-GENERAL_VIEW_-_Springer_Opera_House%2C_105_Tenth_Street%2C_Columbus%2C_Muscogee_County%2C_GA_HABS_GA%2C108-COLM%2C31-1.tif.jpg) |
Tree |
Southern live oak Quercus virginiana |
1937[85][86] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Live_oak_Georgetown.jpg/100px-Live_oak_Georgetown.jpg) |
Transportation history museum |
Southeastern Railway Museum |
2000[87][88] |
|
Vegetable |
Vidalia sweet onion |
1990[89][90] |
![Vidalia Onions](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Vidalia_Onions.jpg/100px-Vidalia_Onions.jpg) |
Waltz |
"Our Georgia" |
1951[91][92] |
|
Wildflower |
Azalea Rhododendron sp. |
1979[93][94] |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Redazalea.jpg/100px-Redazalea.jpg) |