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The Resaca Beach Poster Girl
Contest, a swimsuit pageant at one time known throughout the South, was founded in the nearby city of Dalton in 1983 as a marketing gimmick of Conquest Carpet Mills, Inc. The name is tongue-in-cheek, since there is no ocean for hundreds of miles, although it draws
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1307:Oostanaula
1247:Curryville
1167:Plainville
799:References
717:As of the
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498:Rio Grande
344:84°56′38″W
341:34°34′45″N
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78:34°34′45″N
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1282:Lily Pond
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1162:Fairmount
923:April 23,
777:Education
508:Monastery
417:Civil War
330:Geography
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190:Elevation
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1252:Damascus
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787:See also
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254:ZIP code
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1267:Fidelle
1217:Audubon
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1139:Calhoun
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722:78.90%
540:Pageant
526:hospice
390:Resacca
376:History
308:Georgia
293:0356494
271:706/762
122:Georgia
107:Country
64:Georgia
1327:Reeves
1317:Ranger
1302:Oakman
1257:Decora
1237:Colima
1197:Resaca
1149:Cities
985:
948:
748:Latino
719:census
706:109.9%
691:−33.3%
646:−12.5%
631:−35.0%
571:Census
382:Dublin
300:Resaca
134:Gordon
129:County
979:(PDF)
736:Asian
724:White
701:1,142
676:98.8%
248:(EDT)
246:UTC-4
225:UTC-5
206:1,142
117:State
1232:Cash
1227:Bobo
1189:Town
1075:2024
1050:2015
1010:2015
983:ISBN
959:2013
946:ISBN
925:2011
899:2024
874:2008
848:2008
820:2021
697:2020
682:2010
667:2000
652:1990
637:1910
622:1900
616:3.1%
607:1890
592:1880
580:Note
575:Pop.
530:AIDS
415:The
288:GNIS
161:Area
33:Town
1332:Ryo
746:or
686:544
671:815
656:410
641:112
626:128
611:197
596:191
239:DST
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