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Tybee Island is an island and a present-day city located in Chatham County, Georgia near the city of Savannah . As of the 2000 Census , the city had a total population of 3,392. Tybee Island may be best known outside of Georgia as the home of the '' Tybee Bomb '', a Nuclear Weapon that was lost offshore on February 5 , 1958 . Officially renamed "Savannah Beach" in a publicity move at the end of the 1950 s, the city of Tybee Island has since reverted to its original name. The small island, which has long been a quiet getaway for the residents of Savannah , has become a popular vacation spot with tourists from outside the Savannah metropolitan area. Tybee Island is also the site of the first of what became the Days Inn chain of hotels. HISTORY Tybee Island was originally inhabited by the . Later, in the 1500s the Spanish laid claim to the island and named it Los Bajos. During that time the island was frequented by Pirates who used the island to hide from those who pursued them. Pirates later used the island’s inland waterways for a fresh water source. As Spain gave up its claim to the island, and the surrounding areas stretching down to modern day Florida , English and French settlements sprang up around the area. In 1733 English settlers led by James Oglethorpe settled on Tybee Island before moving on to settle eventually in Savannah . In 1736 John Wesley , founder of the Methodist Church , arrived on Tybee Island. Lighthouse --> The Tybee Island Lighthouse was built in the year 1736 . The lighthouse was of Brick and Wood , standing 90 feet tall; it was the highest structure in America at that time. Five years later the lighthouse was destroyed by a storm. In 1742 a second lighthouse was finished; this version reached 94 feet into the air. In 1773 a third lighthouse was constructed which was also destroyed, this time in 1862 by Confederate troops from nearby Fort Pulaski . Of the 100 feet of the third lighthouse only 60 feet remained which served as a rebuilding point for a fourth lighthouse. In 1869 it was decided that the Lighthouse must be protected from ever increasing Tides and Gale force winds so it was moved 164 feet back from the shoreline. In the years from 1871 and 1886 the walls of the lighthouse became cracked by storm forces and later the light lens was broken by the Charleston Earthquake of 1886. The latest Incarnation of the Tybee Island Lighthouse stands at 154 feet and in 1933 became an electrically driven lighthouse. Due to the fact that modern marine navigation techniques outgrew the need for such a lighthouse the Tybee Island lighthouse became obsolete. Just three weeks after it became electrically driven it was donated to the Georgia Historical Society by the U.S. government. Reader Comments: First, the existing lighthouse includes the original 1773 base (the bottom 60 feet). Secondly, the Tybee Island Historical Society, which has been the steward of the lighthouse since it was leased by the coast guard to the society since the 1980s, received the transfer of ownership of the Tybee Light Station from the federal government, the first non-profit in the country to be so honored - NOT the Georgia Historical Society. They have nothing to do with the Tybee Light Station. Thirdly - Tybee is most certainly NOT best known for the "Tybee bomb" - Tybee island was one of the most popular summer beach resorts of the late Victorian period, the South's answer to the great public beaches of the North Atlantic (such as Cape May, Nantuckett, etc). Tybee changed its named to Savannah Beach in 1929 at the height of its popularity, not during the 1950s - which was the period in which Tybee first stared to decline as a regional resort. Lots of facts wrong in this submission. GEOGRAPHY Tybee Island is located at 32°0'24" North, 80°50'58" West (32.006672, -80.849374). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 6.9 Km&2 (2.7 Mi&2 ). 6.6 km&2 (2.6 mi&2) of it is land and 0.3 km&2 (0.1 mi&2) of it is water. The total area is 4.49% water. DEMOGRAPHICS As of the Census of 2000, there were 3,392 people, 1,568 households, and 901 families residing in the city. The Population Density was 511.6/km&2 (1,326.3/mi&2). There were 2,696 housing units at an average density of 406.6/km&2 (1,054.2/mi&2). The racial makeup of the city was 95.93% White , 1.89% African American , 0.56% Native American , 0.85% Asian , 0.00% Pacific Islander , 0.06% from Other Races , and 0.71% from two or more races. 1.27% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 1,568 households out of which 15.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.5% were Married Couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.5% were non-families. 33.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.62. In the city the population was spread out with 13.8% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 35.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $49,741, and the median income for a family was $58,462. Males had a median income of $45,833 versus $30,694 for females. The Per Capita Income for the city was $32,406. 10.0% of the population and 5.3% of families were below the Poverty Line . 21.2% of those under the age of 18 and 3.1% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. ATTRACTIONS
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