YEAR	MILESTONE
1951	Georgia leagues compete in the international tournament for the first time, and seven leagues meet in the inaugural state tournament at Larry Bell Park in Marietta for the right to advance to the Region 5 tournament in Auburn, Alabama. The host league wins the title before falling in a region play-in game to a league from Montgomery, Alabama. As with most of the country, district boundaries in Georgia evolve regularly in the coming few years as the number of chartered leagues grows exponentially. By 1956, Little League Baseball's presence in Georgia has grown from seven leagues to enough charters to encompass eight districts.
1957	Georgia re-organizes its districts into a configuration that remains the basis for today's Georgia district structure. Eight districts are formed, and the eight district winners then advance to a single-elimination state tournament that determines Georgia's champion and representative in a Southern Region divisional tournament.
1961	District 9 (Fulton County) is formed as a spin-off from District 3.
1965	District 7 (Southern Georgia) is dissolved, and its territory is merged into District 5.
1971	For the first time, the Georgia state champion advances directly to the Southern Region tournament without first having to compete in a divisional tournament.
1974	District 7 (Coastal Georgia) is re-formed when Bacon Park Little League in Savannah charters with Little League Baseball. Bacon Park competed in the international tournament for two years, then District 7 was again dissolved and re-absorbed into District 5.
1981	Georgia officials begin using a double-elimination format for state tournament competition.
1984	District 7 (Northeastern Georgia) is formed as a split from District 6 (Athens/Augusta and outlying areas).
2000	District 10 (East Central Georgia) is formed as a spin-off from District 6.
2001	Georgia is assigned to the Southeastern Region as Little League Baseball expands the Little League World Series from eight to sixteen participants.
2003	Georgia officials adopt a pool-play format for the state tournament. Rather than playing a double-elimination schedule, leagues are divided into two pools for round-robin competition, and the top two finishers in each pool advance to elimination rounds.
2006	District 9 is dissolved, and its remaining leagues are placed in District 2.
2009	District 9 (Coastal Georgia) is re-formed as a split from District 5 as Little League baseball returns to the Savannah area.

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