Английская Википедия: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. 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 Шаблон:Convert, of which Шаблон:Convert is land and Шаблон:Convert (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 Шаблон:Convert to Eufaula, Alabama across the Chattahoochee River and southeast Шаблон:Convert to Cuthbert. GA-39 runs north-south through the city briefly concurrent with U.S. 82, leading north Шаблон:Convert to Omaha and south Шаблон:Convert to Fort Gaines. GA-27 begins in the city and leads northeast Шаблон:Convert to Lumpkin.

Demographics

Georgetown CDP, Georgia – Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)

Race / Ethnicity	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/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 U.S. Census Bureau 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.

In 2000, there were 973 people, 367 households, and 274 families residing in the city. The population density was Шаблон:Convert. 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.Шаблон: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.

  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.

  The old Quitman County Jail. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

• Georgetown City Hall.

  Georgetown City Hall.

• Georgetown Post Office (ZIP code: 39854)

  Georgetown Post Office (ZIP code: 39854)

External links

• Official website of Georgetown -Quitman County