Adrian, Georgia

Adrian is a city in Emanuel and Johnson County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 552.

History

A post office has been in operation at Adrian since 1891.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Adrian incorporated in 1899.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is unknown why the name "Adrian" was applied to this community.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

Adrian is located at Template:Coord (32.531960, -82.590680),<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> at the intersection of U.S. Route 80/Georgia State Route 26 with State Routes 15/78. US 80 leads east Template:Convert to Swainsboro and west Template:Convert to Dublin, while Routes 15 and 78 lead south Template:Convert to Interstate 16 near Soperton and northwest Template:Convert to Wrightsville.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Adrian has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 3.12%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

As of 2020, its population was 552.

Notable people

• Izola Curry, assailant who tried to kill Martin Luther King Jr. in 1958, was born in Adrian in 1916.<ref>Cold Case, Izola Ware Curry</ref>
• Austin Browning MD, Current Neurologist born and raised in Adrian, Ga. Now in Denver, Colorado practicing.<ref>[1]</ref>

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