Jacksonville, Georgia

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Jacksonville, Georgia
City
Jacksonville City Hall, Police, Georgia.JPG
Jacksonville City Hall, police station
Telfair County Georgia Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Jacksonville Highlighted.svg
Location in Telfair County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 31°48′48″N82°58′31″W / 31.81333°N 82.97528°W / 31.81333; -82.97528
Country United States
State Georgia
County Telfair
Area
[1]
 • Total
1.12 sq mi (2.89 km2)
 • Land1.09 sq mi (2.81 km2)
 • Water0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation
207 ft (63 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
111
 • Density102.12/sq mi (39.43/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
31544
Area code 229
FIPS code 13-41708 [2]
GNIS feature ID0316026 [3]
Website https://www.jacksonvillega.gov/

Jacksonville is a city in Telfair County, Georgia, United States. The population was 111 in 2020.

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History

Jacksonville was the original county seat of Telfair County. Land lot 340 in land district 8 was declared to be the permanent county seat in 1814. On November 25, 1815, the Georgia General Assembly declared that the new county seat be named Jacksonville after the hero of the recent Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson. [4] At the time it was located in the center of the county, but when Coffee County was created from the part of Telfair County below the Ocmulgee River in 1854, the town became near the southwestern boundary of the county. In 1856, a referendum was called for the change of the county seat. The results are unknown, but the county seat remained at Jacksonville until after the American Civil War.

In 1871, the seat was transferred from Jacksonville to McRae, which had been established as a station on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad a year before. [5]

The world record largemouth bass was caught near Jacksonville on June 2, 1932, by George Perry.

Geography

Jacksonville is located at 31°48′48″N82°58′31″W / 31.81333°N 82.97528°W / 31.81333; -82.97528 (31.813397, -82.975191). [6]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), all land.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1850 119—
1870 40—
1960 236—
1970 227−3.8%
1980 206−9.3%
1990 128−37.9%
2000 118−7.8%
2010 14018.6%
2020 111−20.7%
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

As of the census [2] of 2000, there were 118 people, 49 households, and 32 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population was 111.

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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. ↑ "Jacksonville". Georgia Historical Society. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  5. ↑ Hellmann, Paul T. (May 13, 2013). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 239. ISBN   978-1135948597 . Retrieved November 30, 2013.
  6. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
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