Editing Arlington, Georgia

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'''Arlington''' is a city in [[Calhoun County, Georgia|Calhoun]] and [[Early County, Georgia|Early counties]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. Per the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 1,209.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arlington city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1302928|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref>

==History==
Arlington was founded in 1873, and was chartered in 1881.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/a.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=7 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> Arlington served as county seat from 1923 to 1929.<ref name="Names">{{cite encyclopedia | url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/calhoun-county-0 | title=Calhoun County | encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia | accessdate=1 April 2018}}</ref> The community was named after the [[Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial|Arlington House]], the Virginia home of General Robert E. Lee.<ref name="Names" />

==Geography==
Arlington is located at {{coord|31|26|22|N|84|43|29|W|type:city}} (31.439461, -84.724835).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is located 46 miles northeast of [[Dothan, Alabama]] and 45 miles southwest of [[Albany, Georgia|Albany]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|10.7|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.03|km2|disp=flip|3}}, or 0.24%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1302928| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212175152/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1302928| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Arlington city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=July 17, 2014}}</ref> it is located in Calhoun and Early counties and borders [[Baker County, Georgia|Baker County]] to the east.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 250
|1890= 417
|1900= 755
|1910= 1308
|1920= 1331
|1930= 1232
|1940= 1337
|1950= 1382
|1960= 1462
|1970= 1698
|1980= 1572
|1990= 1513
|2000= 1602
|2010= 1479
|2020= 1209
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}</ref><br> 1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Arlington city, Georgia – Racial and Ethnic Composition'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Arlington city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1302928&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Arlington city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1302928&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|321
|214
|21.70%
|17.70%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,125
|964
|76.06%
|79.74%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|3
|2
|0.20%
|0.17%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|2
|0.00%
|0.17%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|0.07%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|5
|9
|0.34%
|0.74%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|24
|18
|1.62%
|1.49%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,479'''
|'''1,209'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}In 2010, the city's population was 1,479. By the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population declined to 1,209.

==Education==
On Calhoun County's side of the [[Calhoun County School District (Georgia)|Calhoun County School District]] unit, Calhoun County Elementary School (grades K-5) serves   Calhoun County, including some students from Arlington, Edison, Leary, and Morgan. Calhoun County Middle/High are in Edison. On Early County's side, all schools belong to the [[Early County School District]]; elementary, middle, and high schools are in [[Blakely, Georgia|Blakely]], including [[Early County High School]].

==Notable person==
*[[James Earl Carter, Sr.]], farmer, businessman, legislator, father of President [[Jimmy Carter]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Arlington Post Office, Georgia.jpg|Arlington Post Office
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Calhoun County, Georgia}}
{{Early County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Calhoun County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Cities in Early County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Former county seats in Georgia (U.S. state)]]