Savannah Georgia was founded on the 12th of February 1733 by General James Oglethorpe and settlers from the ship Anne. They landed at Yamacraw Bluff after being greeted by Tomochichi leader of the Yamacraw people.
The metropolitan area had about 432,000 residents in 2024 according to estimates. The official 2020 population count for Savannah was 147,780 residents which marked an increase from the 2010 census figure of 136,286 people.
Downtown Savannah largely retains the founder James Oglethorpe's original town plan known as the Oglethorpe Plan which features twenty-two parklike squares along five historic streets running north to south. Elbert Ellis and Liberty Squares were classified as lost squares destroyed during urban development in the 1950s.
British troops took the city in 1778 but they did not leave until July 1782. During that siege Haitian soldiers fought alongside American and French forces who failed to rout the British the following year.
Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts of the USA here and her birthplace is now a historic site. She established this organization within the city limits of Savannah Georgia.