Editing Cadwell, Georgia

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- Basic info  ---------------->
|official_name            = Cadwell, Georgia
|other_name               = 
|native_name              = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
|nickname                 = 
|settlement_type          = Town
|motto                    = <!-- 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                = Laurens_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Cadwell_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens County]] and the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|image_map1               = 
|mapsize1                 = 
|map_caption1             =  
|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         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = State
|subdivision_name1        = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Georgia (U.S. state)|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens]]
|subdivision_type3        = 
|subdivision_name3        = 
|subdivision_type4        = 
|subdivision_name4        = <!-- 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_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           = 3.33
|area_land_km2            = 3.25
|area_water_km2           = 0.08
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.28
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.25
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.03
|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   ----------------------->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_note          = 
|population_total         = 381
|population_density_km2   = 117.37
|population_density_sq_mi = 304.07
|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  --------------->
|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|coordinates              = {{coord|32|20|25|N|83|2|33|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes      = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags-->
|elevation_m              = 120
|elevation_ft             = 394
<!-- Area/postal codes & others -------->
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 31009
|area_code                = [[Area code 478|478]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 13-12344<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              = 0331305<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
|website                  = 
|footnotes                = 
|pop_est_as_of = 
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|population_est = 
}}
'''Cadwell''' is a town in [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens County]], Georgia, United States. The population was 381 in 2020.

==History==
The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated the place as the "Town of Cadwell" in 1907.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWp-89AXKDUC&pg=PA500|year=1907|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=500}}</ref> The community was named after Matthew and Rebecca Cadwell, the original owners of the town site.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=31 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

==Geography==

Cadwell is located in southwestern Laurens County at {{coord|32|20|25|N|83|2|33|W|type:city}} (32.340353, -83.042462).<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=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[Georgia State Route 117]] passes through the town as its Main Street; via SR 117 it is {{convert|17|mi}} northeast to [[Dublin, Georgia|Dublin]], the [[county seat]], and {{convert|13|mi}} southwest to [[Eastman, Georgia|Eastman]]. [[Georgia State Route 126|State Route 126]] passes through the center of Cadwell as Burch Street; it leads northwest {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Chester, Georgia|Chester]] and southeast {{convert|22|mi}} to [[Alamo, Georgia|Alamo]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Cadwell has a total area of {{convert|3.3|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.08|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 2.52%, are water.<ref name=Gazetteer>{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_13.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Georgia| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref> The west side of the town drains to Bay Creek, a south-flowing tributary of Alligator Creek and part of the [[Ocmulgee River]] watershed. The east side drains via Long Branch to Lime Sink Creek, a tributary of Alligator Creek and the Ocmulgee.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 154
|1920= 274
|1930= 208
|1940= 291
|1950= 310
|1960= 360
|1970= 354
|1980= 353
|1990= 458
|2000= 329
|2010= 528
|2020= 381
|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>
}}

As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 329 people, 136 households, and 93 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population was 381.

==References==
<references />

{{Laurens County, Georgia}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Towns in Laurens County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Towns in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Dublin, Georgia micropolitan area]]