Editing Camak, Georgia

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'''Camak''' is a town in [[Warren County, Georgia|Warren County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The town is located just off [[Interstate 20 in Georgia|Interstate 20]] between [[Atlanta]] and [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]]. The population was 141 in 2020.

==History==
The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated the place in 1898 as the "Town of Camak", with municipal corporate limits extending in a one-half mile radius from the Georgia Railroad depot.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aC9AAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA148|year=1898|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=148}}</ref> The community was named after James Camak, a railroad promoter.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/warren-county | title=Warren County | publisher=Georgia Encyclopedia | access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref><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> Camak's home in Athens, the [[Camak House]], is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ga/clarke/state.html | title=GEORGIA - Clarke County | publisher=nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com | access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==

Camak is located at {{Coord|33|27|11|N|82|38|54|W|type:city}} (33.453039, -82.648287).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.8|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 115
|1910= 241
|1920= 303
|1930= 345
|1940= 360
|1950= 379
|1960= 285
|1970= 224
|1980= 283
|1990= 220
|2000= 165
|2010= 138
|2020= 141
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Camak town, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<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 <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!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) – Camak town, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1312512&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|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) – Camak town, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1312512&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|65
|style='background: #ffffe6; |60
|47.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |42.55%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|69
|style='background: #ffffe6; |70
|50.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |49.65%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.42%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.13%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|1.45%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.42%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|1.45%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.84%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''138'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''141'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
* [[Central Savannah River Area]]

==References==
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{{Warren County, Georgia}}
{{Central Savannah River Area}}

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[[Category:Towns in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Towns in Warren County, Georgia]]