Ideal, Georgia
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Ideal is a city in Macon County, Georgia, United States. The population was 407 at the 2020 census,<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 499 in 2010.
History
[edit]The town was originally named "Joetown", but when two railroad executives stopped in the town, one proclaimed it an "ideal" place for a railroad station, and the other declared he'd just named it.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Ideal as a town in 1906.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Geography
[edit]Ideal is located in western Macon County at Template:Coord (32.372918, -84.188822).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> Georgia State Route 90 passes through the center of town, leading southeast Template:Convert to Oglethorpe, the county seat, and northwest Template:Convert to Rupert.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 0.95%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> It resides at the confluence of Whitewater and Cedar creeks, two spring-fed tributaries of the Flint River.
Demographics
[edit]| Race | Num. | Perc. |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 113 | 27.76% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 270 | 66.34% |
| Asian | 1 | 0.25% |
| Other/Mixed | 21 | 5.16% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 0.49% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 407 people, 124 households, and 64 families residing in the city.
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