AMERICUS, a city of Georgia, U.S.A., about 71 m. S.S.W. of Macon, on the Dixie highway, the Central of Georgia railway, and the Seaboard Air Line; the county seat of Sumter county. The population in 192o was 9,01o, and in 193o it was 8,76o. Americus is the trading centre of one of the richest agricultural regions of the South. Cotton is still an important crop, yielding about 3o% of the agricultural income of the county, but diversi fication is increasing, and other crops (especially corn, oats, hay, peaches, pecans, melons and vegetables) are becoming relatively more important. Some farmers produce their entire supply of feed and food, except coffee, sugar and salt. There is a creamery in the city, and several factories. Americus was settled in 1832 and was chartered as a city in 1855.