Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia

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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]

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 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

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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 Script error: No such module "convert". to Eufaula, Alabama across the Chattahoochee River and southeast Script error: No such module "convert". to Cuthbert. GA-39 runs north–south through the city briefly concurrent with U.S. 82, leading north Script error: No such module "convert". to Omaha and south Script error: No such module "convert". to Fort Gaines. GA-27 begins in the city and leads northeast Script error: No such module "convert". to Lumpkin.

Demographics

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Georgetown CDP, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[18] Pop 2010[19] Pop 2020[17] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 387 1,265 1,190 39.77% 50.34% 53.24%
Black or African American alone (NH) 584 1,198 917 60.02% 47.67% 41.03%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 0 3 13 0.00% 0.12% 0.58%
Asian alone (NH) 1 2 12 0.10% 0.08% 0.54%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Other race alone (NH) 0 0 9 0.00% 0.00% 0.40%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 1 11 63 0.10% 0.44% 2.82%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0 34 31 0.00% 1.35% 1.39%
Total 973 2,513 2,235 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

In 2000,[20] there were 973 people, 367 households, and 274 families residing in the city. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. By the 2020 census, there were 2,235 people residing in the city, down from 2,513 in 2010.[19][17]

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.[21] The district has 22 full-time teachers and over 314 students.[22]

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Notable residents

Gallery

References

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