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Moultrie , city (1990 pop. 14,865), seat of Colquitt co., SW Ga., on the Ochlockonee River; inc. 1890. The town grew as a lumbering and naval stores center but is now a commercial produce center. Manufactures include furniture, fertilizer, lighting fixtures, animal feeds, aircraft, paper products, agricultural equipment, and steel and aluminum products. There also is cotton and meat processing.

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Moultrie, Georgia/USA Named after General William Moultrie (1730–1805), governor of South Carolina (1785–7, 1792–4) and an officer who fought valiantly against the British during the American War of Independence (1775–83). There is a Lake Moultrie named after him in South Carolina.

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