Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia facts for kids
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Georgetown, Georgia
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Georgetown in 2012.
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Location in Quitman County and the state of Georgia
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| 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
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| • Total | 2,235 |
| • Density | 573/sq mi (219.1/km2) |
| ZIP code s |
39854
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| 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.
Demographics
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| 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 |
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2020 census
| Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2010 | Pop 2020 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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| 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/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% |
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 can be of any race.
Gallery
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Quitman County Courthouse was built in 1939 by the Public Works Administration using federal relief funds. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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The old Quitman County Jail. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Georgetown City Hall.
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Georgetown Post Office (ZIP code: 39854)
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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.
See also
In Spanish: Georgetown (condado de Quitman, Georgia) para niños
