Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia
| 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 (2000) | |
| • Total | 973 |
| • 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 at the Alabama-Georgia state line next to Walter F. George Lake. The population was 973 at the 2000 census. In 2006, Georgetown and Quitman County voted to consolidate their governments, becoming the smallest such consolidated entity in the Lower 48 states.
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.
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.
As of the census 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.
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