Editing Bogart, Georgia

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage-->
<!-- Basic info  ---------------->
|official_name            = Bogart, Georgia
|other_name               = 
|native_name              = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
|nickname                 = 
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|motto                    = <!-- images and maps  ----------->
<!-- images and maps  ----------->
|image_skyline            = 
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = 
|image_flag               = 
|flag_size                = 
|image_seal               = 
|seal_size                = 
|image_shield             = 
|shield_size              = 
|image_blank_emblem       = 
|blank_emblem_type        = 
|blank_emblem_size        = 
|image_map                = Oconee_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Bogart_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Oconee County, Georgia|Oconee County]] and the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|image_map1               = 
|mapsize1                 = 
|map_caption1             = 
|image_dot_map            = 
|dot_mapsize              = 
|dot_map_caption          = 
|dot_x                    = 
|dot_y                    = 
|pushpin_map              = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map -->
|pushpin_label_position   = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
|pushpin_map_caption      = 
|pushpin_mapsize          = <!-- Location ------------------>
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Georgia (U.S. state)|Counties]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Oconee County, Georgia|Oconee]], [[Clarke County, Georgia|Clarke]]
|subdivision_type3        = 
|subdivision_name3        = 
|subdivision_type4        = 
|subdivision_name4        = <!-- Politics ----------------->
<!-- Politics ----------------->
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|leader_title1            = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager -->
|leader_name1             = 
|leader_title2            = 
|leader_name2             = 
|leader_title3            = 
|leader_name3             = 
|leader_title4            = 
|leader_name4             = 
|established_title        = <!-- Settled -->
|established_date         = 
|established_title2       = <!-- Incorporated (town) -->
|established_date2        = 
|established_title3       = <!-- Incorporated (city) -->
|established_date3        = <!-- Area    --------------------->
<!-- Area    --------------------->
|area_magnitude           = 
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_13.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=December 18, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 6.53
|area_land_km2            = 6.49
|area_water_km2           = 0.04
|area_total_sq_mi         = 2.52
|area_land_sq_mi          = 2.50
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
|area_water_percent       = 
|area_urban_km2           = 
|area_urban_sq_mi         = 
|area_metro_km2           = 
|area_metro_sq_mi         = 
|area_blank1_title        = 
|area_blank1_km2          = 
|area_blank1_sq_mi        = 
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_note          = 
|population_total         = 1326
|population_density_km2   = 204.42
|population_density_sq_mi = 529.55
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_metro_km2     = 
|population_density_metro_sq_mi   = 
|population_urban                 = 
|population_density_urban_km2     = 
|population_density_urban_sq_mi   = 
|population_blank1_title          = 
|population_blank1                = 
|population_density_blank1_km2    = 
|population_density_blank1_sq_mi  = <!-- General information  --------------->
<!-- General information  --------------->
|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|coordinates              = {{coord|33|56|52|N|83|32|03|W|region:US-GA|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 820
<!-- Area/postal codes & others -------->
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 30622
|area_code                = [[Area code 470|470]]/[[Area code 678|678]]/[[Area code 770|770]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 13-09068<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2405294<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2405294}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://cityofbogart.com/|cityofbogart.com}}
|footnotes                = 
|pop_est_as_of = 
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|population_est = 
}}

'''Bogart''' is a town in [[Clarke County, Georgia|Clarke]] and [[Oconee County, Georgia|Oconee]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. The town is mostly in Oconee County, with a portion extending into Clarke County. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 1,326. The 30622 ZIP code extends outside the boundary of Bogart into the western portion of [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]], giving some of Athens' citizens Bogart mailing addresses. For the Oconee County area of Bogart, the high school is [[North Oconee High School]] and the middle school is Dove Creek Middle School. For the Clarke County area of Bogart, the high school is [[Clarke Central High School]] and the middle school is [[Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School]].

==History==
The town was originally named for the influential Creek-Seminole leader [[Osceola]].<ref name="cityofbogart.com">City of Bogart. "About Bogart." Accessed September 27, 2016. http://www.cityofbogart.com/?page_id=103</ref> In 1892, the city was renamed Bogart in honor of a locally respected railroad agent after learning that another Georgia community, in [[Terrell County, Georgia|Terrell County]], was also called Osceola.<ref name="cityofbogart.com" />  Bogart was once part of Franklin County, then [[Jackson County, Georgia|Jackson County]], and now sits in [[Oconee County, Georgia|Oconee County]] with a small portion located in [[Clarke County, Georgia|Clarke County]].<ref name="Luke, Janet 1982">Luke, Janet. The History of Bogart, Georgia. Bogart: Kinko's, 1982.</ref> Many of the settlers who came to Bogart, came in during the [[Georgia Land Lotteries|Land Lottery of 1820]].<ref name="Luke, Janet 1982" /> When the train from Athens to Atlanta was built in the 1890s, life flourished in Bogart.<ref name="Luke, Janet 1982" /> The city of Bogart was incorporated in 1905.<ref name="cityofbogart.com" /> The thriving city had a bank, a mercantile store, a boarding house, a drug store, a railroad depot, three cotton gins, a post office, blacksmith shops, a school, several churches, and gristmills.<ref name="cityofbogart.com" />

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|2.4|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|2.4|sqmi|km2}} is land and 0.42% is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 257
|1920= 430
|1930= 346
|1940= 379
|1950= 459
|1960= 403
|1970= 667
|1980= 819
|1990= 1018
|2000= 1049
|2010= 1034
|2020= 1326
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Bogart racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1309068&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 17, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|976
|73.6%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|109
|8.22%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|2
|0.15%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|45
|3.39%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|60
|4.52%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|134
|10.11%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,326 people, 574 households, and 429 families residing in the town.

==Entertainment==
{{unreferenced section|date=March 2023}}
From 2005 to 2009, the [[Nationwide Tour]], a second tier professional golf tour in the United States, visited Bogart at [[Jennings Mill Country Club]]. However, that venue is only in the Bogart ZIP code and not actually within Bogart city limits. The 2009 version was won by [[Patrick Sheehan (golfer)|Patrick Sheehan]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.localschooldirectory.com/city-schools/Bogart/GA Clarke County, Georgia, "Bogart Schools - Bogart Georgia (GA) School Information - Public & Private." Public Schools & Private Schools - Local School Directory]. Web. June 24, 2010

{{Oconee County, Georgia}}
{{Clarke County, Georgia}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Towns in Oconee County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Towns in Clarke County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Towns in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Athens – Clarke County metropolitan area]]