Quitman County, Georgia
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Main otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main otherTemplate:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Quitman County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,235,[1] making it the second-least populous county in Georgia. The county seat is Georgetown.[2] The county was created on December 10, 1858, and named after General John A. Quitman, leader in the Mexican–American War, and once Governor of Mississippi. In November 2006, residents voted to consolidate the city government of Georgetown and the county government of Quitman into a consolidated city-county.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (5.8%) is water.[3] The entirety of Quitman County is located in the Middle Chattahoochee River–Walter F. George Lake sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).[4]
Major highways
- File:US 82.svg U.S. Route 82
- File:Georgia 27.svg State Route 27
- File:Georgia 39.svg State Route 39
- File:Georgia 50.svg State Route 50
Adjacent counties
- Stewart County (north)
- Randolph County (east)
- Clay County (south)
- Barbour County, Alabama (west/CST Border)
National protected area
Communities
City
- Georgetown (county seat)
Unincorporated community
Demographics
2020 census
| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000[5] | Pop 2010[6] | Pop 2020[7] | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 1,351 | 1,265 | 1,190 | 52.00% | 50.34% | 53.24% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 1,213 | 1,198 | 917 | 46.69% | 47.67% | 41.03% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0.19% | 0.12% | 0.58% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0.04% | 0.08% | 0.54% |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.40% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 14 | 11 | 63 | 0.54% | 0.44% | 2.82% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 13 | 34 | 31 | 0.50% | 1.35% | 1.39% |
| Total | 2,598 | 2,513 | 2,235 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,235 people, 842 households, and 577 families residing in the county.
Education
Quitman County School District operates area public schools, including Quitman County High School.
County students attended Stewart-Quitman High School (now Stewart County High School) from 1978, until Quitman County High opened,[8] in 2009.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Politics
Template:PresHead Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresFoot From the 1940s to 1960s Joe Hurst dominated politics in Quitman County, delivering votes for statewide officials, state judges, and prosecuting attorneys, under the County unit system which gave Quitman two units, a third as many as the biggest counties in the state. He hand-delivered state welfare checks and prevented secret ballots. In 1962 he stuffed the ballot box for future President Jimmy Carter's opponent in a state senate primary. Carter won a series of court cases to remove his Democratic primary opponent's name from the general election ballot. There was no Republican candidate. Both candidates used radio ads to ask voters to vote by write-in, and Carter won the general election. Hurst was later convicted of fraud in an earlier primary, for which he had a fine and three years probation. He was also convicted of selling moonshine, for which he went to prison.[9] [10]
See also
Script error: No such module "Portal".
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Quitman County, Georgia
- List of counties in Georgia
References
Further reading
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
External links
- Georgetown-Quitman County Consolidated Government
- Quitman County Sheriff
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Digital Public Library of America. Assorted items related to Quitman County
Template:Geographic Location Template:Quitman County, Georgia Template:US state navigation box Template:Authority control
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".