Portal, Georgia

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Portal, Georgia
Town
Dr. James A Stewart House, Portal, GA, US.jpg
Dr. James A. Stewart House in Portal
Bulloch County Georgia Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Portal Highlighted.svg
Location in Bulloch County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 32°32′14″N81°55′54″W / 32.53722°N 81.93167°W / 32.53722; -81.93167
Country United States
State Georgia
County Bulloch
Area
[1]
 • Total2.06 sq mi (5.35 km2)
 • Land2.00 sq mi (5.18 km2)
 • Water0.06 sq mi (0.17 km2)
Elevation
295 ft (90 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total638
 • Density318.84/sq mi (123.09/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
30450
Area code 912
FIPS code 13-62216 [2]
GNIS feature ID0332735 [3]

Portal is a town in Bulloch County, Georgia, United States. The population was 638 in 2020.

Contents

History

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Portal as a town in 1914. [4] It is unknown why the name "Portal" was applied to this place. [5]

Geography

Portal is located at 32°32′14″N81°55′54″W / 32.53722°N 81.93167°W / 32.53722; -81.93167 (32.537275, -81.931738). [6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.6 km2), of which 2.1 square miles (5.5 km2) is land and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km2), or 2.99%, is water. [7]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1930 374—
1940 55648.7%
1950 532−4.3%
1960 494−7.1%
1970 64330.2%
1980 6947.9%
1990 522−24.8%
2000 59714.4%
2010 6386.9%
2020 6380.0%
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

As of the census [2] of 2000, there were 597 people, 232 households, and 167 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population increased to 638, experiencing no population change from 2010.

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ↑ Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia. J. Johnston. 1914. p.  1126.
  5. ↑ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 180. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.
  6. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Portal town, Georgia". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  9. ↑ "About - Staff Directory". The Charleston Museum.
  10. ↑ "Auroracetus bakerae Gibson & Geisler 2009". ION: Index to Organism Names. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  11. ↑ Gibson, Matthew L.; Geisler, Jonathan H. (2009). "A new pliocene dolphin (Cetacea: Pontoporiidae), from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (3): 966–971. doi:10.1671/039.029.0307. S2CID   85706327.
  12. ↑ Matthew L. Gibson, John Mnieckowski & Jonathan H. Geisler (2018) Tupelocetus palmeri, a new species of protocetid whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene of South Carolina, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 38:6, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1555165
  13. ↑ "Members". East Tennessee State University & General Shale Natural History Museum Visitor Center and Gray Fossil Site. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  14. ↑ Jenel Few, "Racial strife" Archived June 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , Savannah Morning News, August 20, 2000; accessed July 29, 2016
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