Poplar Springs, Georgia

Poplar Springs is an unincorporated community in Catoosa County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1]

Etymology

This community took its name from Poplar Spring.[2][3]

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gollark: It seems harder to shield humans and the weird biological processes which get affected against radiation than computers, where it basically just boils down to more redundancy and possibly better materials/processes.
gollark: (there's ECC support in RAM and SSDs and stuff, but as far as I know they just put radiation shielding on for CPUs)
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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poplar Springs, Georgia
  2. "Catoosa County". Calhoun Times. September 1, 2004. p. 30. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 180. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.



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