Darien

Georgia, United States
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Darien, city, seat (1818) of McIntosh county, southeastern Georgia, U.S. It is situated near the mouth of the Altamaha River on the Atlantic coast, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Brunswick. The site, near Fort King George, was settled in 1736 by Scottish Highlanders under John McIntosh Mohr, who called the place New Inverness and established Fort Darien (named for Darién, the location of a former Scottish colony in Panama). After the War of 1812, the demand for cotton, rice, and lumber from upriver plantations and forests initiated an economic boom. The Bank of Darien, chartered in 1818, became ...(100 of 224 words)