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Georgetown
City
Georgetown in 2012.
Georgetown in 2012.
Official seal of Georgetown
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Location in Quitman County and the state of Georgia
Location in Quitman County and the state of Georgia
Country United States
State Georgia
Counties Quitman
Area
 • Total 3.9 sq mi (10.2 km2)
 • Land 2.7 sq mi (7.1 km2)
 • Water 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 2,235
 • Density 573/sq mi (219.1/km2)
ZIP code s
39854
Area code(s) 229

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. In 2006, Georgetown and Quitman County voted to consolidate their governments, becoming the smallest such consolidated entity in the Lower 48 states.

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.

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 H. 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

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10 km2), of which 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2) is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2) (30.46%) is water.

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 3 mi (4.8 km) to Eufaula, Alabama across the Chattahoochee River and southeast 24 mi (39 km) to Cuthbert. GA-39 runs north–south through the city briefly concurrent with U.S. 82, leading north 22 mi (35 km) to Omaha and south 23 mi (37 km) to Fort Gaines. GA-27 begins in the city and leads northeast 24 mi (39 km) to Lumpkin.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1870 263
1880 245 −6.8%
1890 348 42.0%
1900 348 0.0%
1910 313 −10.1%
1920 244 −22.0%
1930 345 41.4%
1940 367 6.4%
1950 550 49.9%
1960 554 0.7%
1970 860 55.2%
1980 935 8.7%
1990 913 −2.4%
2000 973 6.6%
2010 2,513 158.3%
2020 2,235 −11.1%
U.S. Decennial Census
2010 2020
Georgetown CDP, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
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 / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2010 Pop 2020 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 1,265 1,190 50.34% 53.24%
Black or African American alone (NH) 1,198 917 47.67% 41.03%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 3 13 0.12% 0.58%
Asian alone (NH) 2 12 0.08% 0.54%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 0 9 0.00% 0.40%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) 11 63 0.44% 2.82%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34 31 1.35% 1.39%
Total 2,513 2,235 100.00% 100.00%

In 2000, there were 973 people, 367 households, and 274 families residing in the city. The population density was 355.0 inhabitants per square mile (137.1/km2). By the 2020 census, there were 2,235 people residing in the city, up from 2,513 in 2010.

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

County students attended Stewart-Quitman High School (now Stewart County High School) from 1978, until Quitman County High opened, in 2009.

Notable residents

  • Bryant T. Castellow (1876–1962), born near Georgetown; a politician, educator and lawyer
  • The Castellows, country music trio
  • Gladys L. Catchings (1901–1992), born in Georgetown; a nurse, hospital administrator and educator

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