Ray City, Georgia

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Ray City is a city in Berrien County and Lanier County, Georgia, United States. The population was 956 in 2020.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Early variant names were "Ray's Pond" and "Ray's Mill".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The community was named after Thomas M. Ray, the proprietor of a local mill.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

Ray City is in southern Berrien County, with a small portion extending south into Lanier County. U.S. Route 129 passes through the city, leading north Template:Convert to Nashville, the Berrien county seat, and east Template:Convert to Lakeland, the Lanier county seat. Georgia State Route 125 leads south from Ray City Template:Convert to Valdosta, and State Route 37 leads west Template:Convert to Adel.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Ray City has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 0.07%, are water.<ref name=Gazetteer>Template:Cite web</ref> Beaverdam Creek flows through the middle of the city, and Batterbee Branch flows through the west side. The two streams join west of Ray City to form Cat Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Withlacoochee River, part of the Suwannee River watershed.

Demographics

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Ray City racial composition as of 2020<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	621	64.94%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	205	21.44%
Native American	1	0.1%
Asian	9	0.94%
Other/Mixed	39	4.08%
Hispanic or Latino	81	8.47%