BAINBRIDGE, a city near the south-western corner of Georgia, U.S.A., on the Flint river and Federal highway 84; the county seat of Decatur county. It is served by the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line railways, and by river steamers. The population was 4,792 in 1920 (46% negroes), and it was 6,141 in 193o Federal census (about 36% negroes). Bainbridge has a large tobacco trade, and is a shipping point for cotton and naval stores. It was founded in 1822 and incorporated in 1828.