Morven, Georgia

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Morven, Georgia
City
Morven City Hall, Brooks County.JPG
Morven City Hall
Brooks County Georgia Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Morven Highlighted.svg
Location in Brooks County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 30°56′39″N83°30′3″W / 30.94417°N 83.50083°W / 30.94417; -83.50083
Country United States
State Georgia
County Brooks
Area
[1]
 • Total1.74 sq mi (4.51 km2)
 • Land1.73 sq mi (4.47 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2)
Elevation
217 ft (66 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total506
 • Density293.33/sq mi (113.27/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
31638
Area code 229
FIPS code 13-53032 [2]
GNIS feature ID0318505 [3]
Website georgia.gov/cities-counties/morven

Morven is a city in Brooks County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Valdosta metropolitan statistical area. The city was named after a mountain in Scotland. The population was 565 at the 2010 census, [4] and 506 in 2020. It was formerly known as Sharpe's Store.

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History

Morven is the oldest community established by Europeans in Brooks County. [5]

The Coffee Road was opened through Morven circa 1823. Sion Hall, one of the first settlers, saw an opportunity to use his sawmill and to farm. The area was developed for large cotton plantations, based on enslaved African-American field workers.

Circa 1826, Hamilton Sharpe built a store made of logs; he opened a post office in 1828. The community that grew up around the store became known as Sharpe's Store. In the same year a Methodist campground was established named Mount Zion. The post office and community was renamed Morven in 1853. At the end of the century, the South Georgia Railroad was built through Morven in 1897. The community was incorporated by the state legislature in 1900.

Cotton cultivation continued to be important in the early 20th century.

Hampton Smith owned the Old Joyce Place near Morven. Often hiring laborers through convict leasing, by which Smith paid police their high fees for minor infractions, Smith was known to be abusive to his black workers. On 16 May 1918, Smith was shot and killed by Sidney Johnson, a black worker whom he had severely beaten. [6] During the ensuing manhunt in Brooks and Lowndes counties, white mobs captured at least 12 blacks and lynched them during the next few days. All but one were men; the victims included 19-year-old Mary Turner, who had denounced the lynching of her husband, and her eight-month-old fetus, cut from her body and also murdered at the site, on the west bank of the Little River. [6]

A second railroad (Valdosta/Morven & Western RR) was built through Morven in the 1920s. In 1923 the town raised an $8,000 bond to provide a water system. A group of local women organized to gain installation of electric lights in August 1924. After World War II, the first paved road was built in the community in the winter of 1948 to 1949 from Quitman, the county seat of Brooks County.

Geography

Morven is located at 30°56′39″N83°30′03″W / 30.94417°N 83.50083°W / 30.94417; -83.50083 (30.944263, -83.500796). [7]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.5 km2), of which 0.015 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.92%, is water. [4]

Morven is located at the junction of State Highways 76 and 94 and is 8 miles (13 km) west of Interstate 75.

Historical sites

Coffee Road

Coffee Road was opened up by the state legislature act approved December 23, 1822. [8] $1500 was appropriated for the road, which started near Cunningham Ford on the Alapaha River southwest through districts 10, 12, and 13 of Irwin County continuing through Districts 18 and 23 of Early County to intersect the Florida state line near the Ochlockonee River.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1910 383—
1920 53038.4%
1930 491−7.4%
1940 5124.3%
1950 474−7.4%
1960 4760.4%
1970 449−5.7%
1980 4714.9%
1990 53613.8%
2000 63418.3%
2010 565−10.9%
2020 506−10.4%
U.S. Decennial Census [9]
1850-1870 [10] 1870-1880 [11]
1890-1910 [12] 1920-1930 [13]
1940 [14] 1950 [15] 1960 [16]
1970 [17] 1980 [18] 1990 [19]
2000 [20] 2010 [21] 2020 [22]

2020 census

Morven, Georgia – Racial and Ethnic Composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
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 / EthnicityPop 2000 [23] Pop 2010 [21] Pop 2020 [22] % 2000% 20102020
White alone (NH)25618919240.38%33.45%37.94%
Black or African American alone (NH)33032124952.05%56.81%49.21%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)1100.16%0.18%0.00%
Asian alone (NH)0020.00%0.00%0.40%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)0100.00%0.18%0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)0000.00%0.00%0.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)05160.00%0.88%3.16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)4748477.41%8.50%9.29%
Total634565506100.00%100.00%100.00%

In 2000, there were 634 people, 225 households, and 152 families residing in the city. [2] By 2020, its population declined to 506.

Transportation

Major highways

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References

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  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. 1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Morven city, Georgia". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 152. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.
  6. 1 2 Meyers, Christopher C (2006). "" Killing Them by the Wholesale": A Lynching Rampage in South Georgia". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. JSTOR. 90 (2): 214–235. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
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  17. ↑ "1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia" (PDF). US Census Bureau . 1970.
  18. ↑ "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia" (PDF). US Census Bureau . 1980.
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  20. ↑ "2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia" (PDF). US Census Bureau . 2000.
  21. 1 2 "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Morven city, Georgia". United States Census Bureau .
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