Georgia

 is a U.S. state in the southeastern United States. It's capital city is Atlanta.

Georgia was the central setting of the AMC television series The Walking Dead. The pilot episode of the series, "Days Gone Bye", took place in the fictional King County as well as Atlanta. The remainder of season one took place in and about Atlanta while season two took place in rural Georgia near Mert County.

Points of Interest

 * Atlanta: Atlanta is the capital city of the US state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County. Atlanta has a city area of 134.4 square miles and a population of 420,000 people. Atlanta was the central setting of season one of the AMC television series The Walking Dead. The pilot episode of the series, "Days Gone Bye", took place in the fictional King County as well as Atlanta. The remainder of season one took place in and about Atlanta while season two took place in rural Georgia near Mert County. The second and third episodes of season one, "Guts" and "Tell It to the Frogs" took place primarily in Atlanta, while the other episodes only showed the city in brief, cameo sequences and recaps.


 * King County: King County is a fictional location located in the US state of Georgia. It was featured in the AMC television series The Walking Dead and played a key role in the pilot episode of the series, "Days Gone Bye". In the episode, two sheriff's deputies, Rick Grimes and Shane Walsh as well as two other officers, Leon Basset and Lam Kendal engage in a shoot-out with an escaped prisoner. Though they succeed in taking the prisoner down, Rick suffers a severe bullet wound and is taken to the hospital where he lapses into a coma. Several weeks pass, during which time, the world is affected by an unexplained zombie outbreak. Staff members at the hospital tried to contain the infected dead while the military struggled to contain the situation in King County as well as nearby Fulton County. When Rick finally awakened, the hospital was vacant and everything was in disarray. He quickly discovered that the dead had somehow come back to life and were wandering the streets of King County. After encountering a bicycle girl zombie, Rick returned to his home to collect his wife and son, but there was no sign of them. He then encountered two survivors, Morgan Jones and his young son, Duane, who had taken refuge in a nearby abandoned home. Morgan nursed Rick back to health and tried to bring him up to speed on everything that had happened while he was in a coma. Rick brought Morgan and Duane to the police station so they could shower and gather weapons. While there, Rick found Leon Basset, now a zombie (or "walker") and had to put him down with his Colt Python. Determined to find his family, Rick set off for Atlanta. Before leaving, he returned to the hospital grounds and put the legless bicycle girl zombie out of her misery. He then found a horse in the stable of a home owner who had taken his own life and made off for Atlanta.


 * Greene farm: The Greene farm is the property of the Greene family and is located somewhere in rural Georgia. The farm consists of a three-story manor house, a barn, pastures for cattle, a livery for horses and several cisterns. The property had been in the Green family for several generations. At the time of the zombie apocalypse, the patriarch of the household was Hershel Greene. He lived in the house with his daughters Maggie and Beth Greene as well as several ranch hands and/or friends named Patricia, Otis and Jimmy. Hershel's wife Annette was an early victim of the walker virus. Refusing to believe that these people were the dead suddenly returned to life, Hershel had Otis round up as many walkers as he could find, including family members, and locked them up inside a barn on the estate. The Greene farm saw some unintended and unwelcome activity after Otis accidentally shot a young boy named Carl Grimes. Carl's father, Rick, was the leader of a group of survivors, who had made a long trek out of Atlanta. When Carl was shot, he was brought to the manor house where Hershel used his skills as a vet to nurse him back to health. Hershel let Rick know in no uncertain terms that his people were welcome to stay while Carl was recuperating, but once he was better, he expected them to continue on their way. Rick tried his best to respect the older man's wishes, but after taking stock of their situation, pleaded with Hershel to reconsider.


 * Harrison Memorial Hospital: Harrison Memorial Hospital is a hospital located in King County, Georgia. This was where Rick Grimes was taken after being shot by an escaped convict. When he awakened from his injuries, he found the hospital barren of all human life. He wandered through the empty corridors, desperately searching for some signs of life. While trying to get out, he came upon a zombie trapped between two elevator doors. He then came upon the cafeteria, the doors of which had been barred. He unlocked the doors, but when he entered the room, he found a horde of zombies that had been trapped inside. One of them lunged and Rick and the two fell down a flight of steps. The impact snapped the zombie's neck and Rick was able to escape from the hospital.


 * Pine Vista Country Club: The Pine Vista Country Club was a country club and golf course located somewhere in rural Georgia. In the years following the zombie outbreak, many of the club members and staff became walkers. The club was overrun and a sort of class warfare broke out between the wealthy members of the club and the staff. Daryl Dixon and Beth Greene came upon the country club looking for shelter.


 * Savannah: Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area. On the HBO television series True Blood, a woman named Marnie Stonebrook was born in Savannah. She eventually relocated to Bon Temps, Louisiana where she became the leader of a witches coven.


 * Sportsman's Deer Cooler: The Sportsman's Deer Cooler was a meat refrigeration and storage facility located in rural Georgia, not far from the town of Woodbury. Prior to the onset of the zombie plague, it is unclear who owned and operated the cooler and what eventually became of them. The facility included a long corridor filled with meat hooks and a storage room. Following an intense winter in 2012, the survivors known as Michonne and Andrea took refuge here, along with Michonne's two walker attendees. Andrea fell very ill following the harsh cold season and Michonne had to take care of her.


 * Steve's Pharmacy: Steve's Pharmacy is a small private business located somewhere in rural Georgia. It is located next to Shrugg's Hardware and The Carriage Bar. When the zombie plague broke out during the early 2010s, the proprietor abandoned the pharmacy. In the summer of 2011, survivors Maggie Greene and Glenn Rhee came to the pharmacy on horses looking to gather some medical supplies. Glenn was also instructed to procure a pregnancy test for Lori Grimes. Maggie proved to have an extremely assertive personality and propositioned Glenn for sex right in the middle of the store. Glenn was shocked, embarrassed, but also more than willing.


 * West Georgia Correctional Facility: is a supermax prison located in the western region of the US state of Georgia. When a viral outbreak turned all of the dead into zombies back in 2010, the prison was overrun with shambling, rotting corpses, which have since become known as walkers. Prisoners were contained within their cells, but the prison guards had to suit up in riot gear to combat the zombie menace. Ultimately however, their efforts proved fruitless and they were eventually overtaken.

Films that take place in

 * Dance of the Dead

TV shows that take place in

 * The Walking Dead

People who were born in

 * AJ Bowen
 * Alan Ball
 * Andrea Powell
 * Carrie Preston
 * Chandler Riggs
 * Chloë Grace Moretz
 * Danielle Panabaker
 * David Cross
 * Dean Lorey
 * IronE Singleton
 * Jack Davis
 * James Allen McCune
 * Keisha Tillis
 * Kim Wall
 * Lisa Sheridan
 * Logan Browning
 * Maidie Norman
 * Matthew Peterman
 * Scott Wilson
 * Shashawnee Hall
 * Sonny Shroyer