Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia

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Georgetown
City
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Georgetown in 2012.
Seal of Georgetown-Quitman County, Georgia.png
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Location in Quitman County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 31°53′02″N85°06′05″W / 31.88389°N 85.10139°W / 31.88389; -85.10139
CountryUnited States
State Georgia
Counties Quitman
Area
  Total3.9 sq mi (10.2 km2)
  Land2.7 sq mi (7.1 km2)
  Water1.2 sq mi (3.1 km2)
Population
 (2020)
  Total2,235
  Density570/sq mi (220/km2)
ZIP code s
39854
Area code 229

Georgetown is a city in Quitman County, Georgia, United States. It is on the Alabama-Georgia state line next to Walter F. George Lake and across the Chattahoochee River from Eufaula, Alabama. Per the 2020 census, the population was 2,235. [1] In 2006, Georgetown and Quitman County voted to consolidate their governments, becoming the smallest such consolidated entity in the Lower 48 states. [2]

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History

Settled in the early 1830s, Georgetown was first named Tobanana for the nearby creek. The Tobanana Post Office was established on January 10, 1833. On September 21, 1836, the name of the town was changed to "Georgetown" after the historic neighborhood in Washington, D.C. [3]

Georgetown was designated in 1859 as the county seat of Quitman County and was laid out as a town by order of the Inferior Court. The town was incorporated by an act of the legislature on December 9, 1859.

A brigade of federal cavalry, commanded by General Benjamin H. Grierson, camped for a time near Georgetown on the banks of the Tobanana Creek at the close of the American Civil War.

Georgetown was destroyed by fire in 1903; every building except for the post office and three houses were destroyed.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10 km2), of which 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2) is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2) (30.46%) is water.

U.S. Route 82, as well as Georgia State Routes 27 and 39, are the main highways through the city. U.S. 82 runs west–east through the city as Middle Street, leading west 3 mi (4.8 km) to Eufaula, Alabama across the Chattahoochee River and southeast 24 mi (39 km) to Cuthbert. GA-39 runs north–south through the city briefly concurrent with U.S. 82, leading north 22 mi (35 km) to Omaha and south 23 mi (37 km) to Fort Gaines. GA-27 begins in the city and leads northeast 24 mi (39 km) to Lumpkin.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1870 263
1880 245−6.8%
1890 34842.0%
1900 3480.0%
1910 313−10.1%
1920 244−22.0%
1930 34541.4%
1940 3676.4%
1950 55049.9%
1960 5540.7%
1970 86055.2%
1980 9358.7%
1990 913−2.4%
2000 9736.6%
2010 2,513158.3%
2020 2,235−11.1%
U.S. Decennial Census [4]
2010 [5] 2020 [6]
Georgetown CDP, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2010 [5] Pop 2020 [6] % 2010% 2020
White alone (NH)1,2651,19050.34%53.24%
Black or African American alone (NH)1,19891747.67%41.03%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)3130.12%0.58%
Asian alone (NH)2120.08%0.54%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)000.00%0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)090.00%0.40%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)11630.44%2.82%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)34311.35%1.39%
Total2,5132,235100.00%100.00%

In 2000, [7] there were 973 people, 367 households, and 274 families residing in the city. The population density was 355.0 inhabitants per square mile (137.1/km2). By the 2020 census, there were 2,235 people residing in the city, up from 2,513 in 2010. [5] [6]

Education

The Quitman County School District holds grades pre-school to grade twelve. It consists of one elementary-middle school, and one high school that consists of grades ninth through twelfth. [8] The district has 22 full-time teachers and over 314 students. [9]

County students attended Stewart-Quitman High School (now Stewart County High School) from 1978, until Quitman County High opened, [10] in 2009.[ citation needed ]

Notable residents

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References

  1. "Georgetown CDP, Georgia". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  2. "New Georgetown-Quitman County Government Sets Consolidation Record". Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  3. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 92. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.
  4. "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  5. 1 2 3 "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Georgetown CDP, Georgia". United States Census Bureau .
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  8. Georgia Board of Education [ permanent dead link ], Retrieved June 25, 2010.
  9. School Stats, Retrieved June 25, 2010.
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