Brunswick, Georgia. City and Business guide.

Welcome to Brunswick, Georgia.

Brunswick is a city in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the 'Brunswick, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses all of Brantley, Glynn and McIntosh counties of Georgia. The population was 15,600 at the 2000 census.

Sidney Lanier Bridge; Brunswick, GA. Photo by Global-Jet, August 2006
Brunswick was founded in 1771 and named for the duchy of Brunswick-Lueneburg in Germany, the ancestral home of King George II of Great Britain. Many of the street and square names reflect the city's English heritage - Gloucester, Newcastle, Norwich, London, Halifax, and Hanover are examples of such. The streets and squares of the town themselves were laid out in the grid style before the American Revolution by the Royal Province of Georgia in 1771, following James Oglethorpe's Savannah Plan. In 1789, George Washington proclaimed Brunswick as one the five original ports of entry for the Colonies. In 1797 the Georgia General Assembly transferred the county seat of Glynn County from Frederica on St. Simons Island to Brunswick.

The Port of Brunswick is one of the nation's most productive ports on the Atlantic Coast. Besides handling such products as wood pulp, paper products, wheat, soybeans, and heavy machinery, it is the primary U.S. port of import and/or export of numerous automobile manufacturers including Jaguar, Landrover, Porshe, Mitsubishi, Volvo, Ford, GM, and Mercedes. The port is operated by the Georgia Ports Authority, which operates all four ports in the state.

The Brunswick area is rich in live oak trees, particularly the Southern live oak. Such is the quality of the live oak trees in the Brunswick and the Golden Isles area that Revolutionary warships such as the USS Constitution (nicknamed Old Ironsides) were clad in St. Simons Island oak planks. Brunswick has a famous live oak named Lover's Oak (located on Albany Street).

Enjoy the charms of Old Town Brunswick, with its Victorian commercial buildings, grand residential homes, historic banquet and reception facilities, and delightful bed & breakfast inns.

Mary Ross Waterfront Park and the adjacent Brunswick Landing Marina play host to a variety of festivals and events throughout the year. Mary Ross Park is also a favorite docking site for passenger cruise lines. The park and marina, the antique and specialty shops, galleries and restaurants and the beautiful and extensive historic residential neighborhoods are all located within the Old Town Brunswick National Register Historic District.

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