Tignall, Georgia

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Tignall, Georgia
Tignall-Hulin-17-ga.jpg
Hulin Avenue (SR 17)
Nickname: 
Little Atlanta,
Motto: 
"I'd rather be in Tignall"
Wilkes County Georgia Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Tignall Highlighted.svg
Location in Wilkes County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 33°52′1″N82°44′28″W / 33.86694°N 82.74111°W / 33.86694; -82.74111
Country United States
State Georgia
County Wilkes
Area
[1]
  Total2.79 sq mi (7.23 km2)
  Land2.75 sq mi (7.13 km2)
  Water0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2)
Elevation
640 ft (191 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total485
  Density176.11/sq mi (67.99/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
30668
Area code 706
FIPS code 13-76532 [2]
GNIS feature ID0356591 [3]

Tignall is a town in Wilkes County, Georgia, United States. The population was 485 in 2020.

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History

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Tignall as a town in 1907. [4] It was named for Tignall Livingston Moss, a lieutenant in the Confederate army who was killed in battle in 1862. [5]

Geography

Tignall is located at 33°52′1″N82°44′28″W / 33.86694°N 82.74111°W / 33.86694; -82.74111 (33.866861, -82.741195). [6] The town lies along Georgia State Route 17 south of Elberton and north of Washington, and a few miles west of the Georgia-South Carolina state line. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2), all land.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1910 320
1920 653104.1%
1930 505−22.7%
1940 56712.3%
1950 502−11.5%
1960 55610.8%
1970 75636.0%
1980 733−3.0%
1990 711−3.0%
2000 653−8.2%
2010 546−16.4%
2020 485−11.2%
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

As of the census [2] of 2010, there were 615 people, 279 households, and 179 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population was 485.

Notable person

Region

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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 and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Clark & Hines, State Printers. 1907. p. 950.
  5. AARON, JANE. "Now complete mural in downtown Tignall immortalizes city's establishment in 1889". The News-Reporter. Wilkes Publishing Co., Inc. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  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.