List of Georgia state symbols


This is a list of state symbols for the U.S. state of Georgia, as defined in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated or by joint resolutions of the Georgia General Assembly:
TypeSymbolYear and
references
Image
AmphibianAmerican green tree frog
Hyla cinerea
2005
Art MuseumGeorgia Museum of Art
1982
AtlasThe Atlas of Georgia
1985
Ballet CompanyAtlanta Ballet
1973
Beef Barbecue Championship Cook-offThe Hawkinsville Civitan Club's "Shoot the Bull" barbecue championship1997
BirdBrown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
1935
Botanical GardenThe State Botanical Garden of Georgia1984
ButterflyEastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
1988
Center for character educationNational Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force2005
Cold water game fishSouthern Appalachian brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
2006
CreedGeorgian's Creed1939
CropPeanut1995
Dog"Adoptable Dog"2016
FishLargemouth Bass1970
FlagGeorgia State Flag2003
FlowerCherokee Rose
Rosa laevigata
1916
Folk DanceSquare Dance1996
Folk FestivalGeorgia Folk Festival1992
Folk Life PlaySwamp Gravy1994
FossilShark tooth1976
Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive CenterFunk Heritage/Bennett Center at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia2003
FruitPeach1995
Game BirdBobwhite Quail1970
GemQuartz1976
Historic DramaThe Reach of Song
presented on the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds near Hiawassee
1990
Historical civil rights museuemRalph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum2008
InsectHoneybee1975
Marine MammalNorth Atlantic right whale
Eubalaena glacialis
1985
MineralStaurolite1976
Motto"Wisdom, Justice, Moderation"1799
Musical TheatreJekyll Island Musical Theatre Festival1993
Peanut MonumentTurner County
on the west side of Interstate Highway 75 within the limits of the city of Ashburn
1998
Poet LaureatePoet Laureate of Georgia1925
Pork Cook-offThe Dooly County Chamber of Commerce's "Slosheye Trail Big Pig Jig"1997
‘PossumPogo 'Possum
1992
Prepared FoodGrits2002
Railroad MuseumThe Central of Georgia Railroad Shops Complex
Savannah
1996
ReptileGopher tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus
1989
Salt-water fishRed drum
Sciaenops ocellatus
2006
SchoolPlains High School, now part of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site1997
SealGreat Seal of Georgia1798
SeashellKnobbed Whelk
Busycon carica
1987
Song"Georgia on My Mind"
lyrics by Stuart Gorrell and music by Hoagy Carmichael with words by Robert Loveman.
1979
TartanGeorgia Tartan1997
TheaterSpringer Opera House
Columbus
1971–2,
TreeSouthern Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
1937
Transportation History MuseumSoutheastern Railway Museum2000
VegetableVidalia sweet onion1990
Waltz"Our Georgia"1951
WildflowerAzalea
Rhododendron sp.
1979