Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia

Georgetown, Georgia
Georgetown, Georgia
city
	Georgetown in 2012.
	Location in Quitman County and the state of Georgia
	Coordinates: 31°53′02″N 85°06′05″W / 31.88389°N 85.10139°WCoordinates: 31°53′02″N 85°06′05″W / 31.88389°N 85.10139°W
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 (2010)
• Total	2,513
• Density	249.5/sq mi (95.4/km2)
ZIP code s	31754, 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. The population was 2,513 at the 2010 census. In 2006, Georgetown and Quitman County voted to consolidate their governments, becoming the smallest such consolidated entity in the Lower 48 states.^[1]

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.^[2]

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%
2018 (est.)	2,279	^[3]	−9.3%
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

As of the census^[5] of 2000, there were 973 people, 367 households, and 274 families residing in the city. The population density was 355.0 people per square mile (137.1/km²). There were 554 housing units at an average density of 202.1 per square mile (78.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 60.02% African American, 39.77% White, 0.10% Asian, and 0.10% from two or more races.

There were 367 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were married couples living together, 26.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $22,941, and the median income for a family was $25,250. Males had a median income of $22,404 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,407. About 22.0% of families and 25.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.9% of those under age 18 and 30.4% of those age 65 or over.

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.^[6] The district has 22 full-time teachers and over 314 students.^[7]

County students attended Stewart-Quitman High School (now Stewart County High School) from 1978, until Quitman County High opened,^[8] in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery[]

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.
The old Quitman County Jail. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Georgetown City Hall.
Georgetown Post Office (ZIP code: 39854)