Jeffersonville, Georgia | |
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Coordinates: 32°41′2″N83°20′23″W / 32.68389°N 83.33972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia |
County | Twiggs |
Area | |
• Total | 3.67 sq mi (9.50 km2) |
• Land | 3.65 sq mi (9.47 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
Elevation | 518 ft (158 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 977 |
• Density | 267.31/sq mi (103.20/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 31044 |
Area code | 478 |
FIPS code | 13-42100 [2] |
GNIS feature ID | 0356333 [3] |
Website | cityofjeffersonville |
The city of Jeffersonville is the largest city and county seat of Twiggs County, Georgia, United States. [4] The population was 1,035 at the 2010 census, down from 1,209 in 2000.
Jeffersonville is part of the Macon metropolitan statistical area.
The city was named after the Jefferson family of settlers. [5] Jeffersonville was named county seat in 1868, when the seat was transferred from Marion. [6]
Jeffersonville is located at 32°41′2″N83°20′23″W / 32.68389°N 83.33972°W (32.683982, -83.339683). [7]
The city is located in the central part of the state, very close to the geographic center of the state. Interstate 16 runs northwest to southeast just south of the city, leading southeast 148 mi (238 km) to Savannah and northwest 25 mi (40 km) to Macon. U.S. Route 80 travels through the city, as well as state routes 18 and 96.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2), all land.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1880 | 156 | — | |
1910 | 740 | — | |
1920 | 842 | 13.8% | |
1930 | 692 | −17.8% | |
1940 | 804 | 16.2% | |
1950 | 787 | −2.1% | |
1960 | 1,013 | 28.7% | |
1970 | 1,302 | 28.5% | |
1980 | 1,473 | 13.1% | |
1990 | 1,545 | 4.9% | |
2000 | 1,209 | −21.7% | |
2010 | 1,035 | −14.4% | |
2020 | 977 | −5.6% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [8] 1850-1870 [9] 1870-1880 [10] 1890-1910 [11] 1920-1930 [12] 1940 [13] 1950 [14] 1960 [15] 1970 [16] 1980 [17] 1990 [18] 2000 [19] |
Race | Num. | Perc. |
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White (non-Hispanic) | 307 | 31.42% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 632 | 64.69% |
Asian | 12 | 1.23% |
Other/Mixed | 12 | 1.23% |
Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 1.43% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 977 people, 375 households, and 199 families residing in the city.
The Twiggs County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of four elementary schools (two include pre-school programs), a middle school and a high school. [21] The district has 100 full-time teachers and over 1,489 students. [22]
Twiggs County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,022. The county seat is Jeffersonville. The county was created on December 14, 1809, and named for American Revolutionary War general John Twiggs.
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