Editing Camilla, Georgia

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'''Camilla''' is a city in [[Mitchell County, Georgia|Mitchell County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States, and is its [[county seat]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 5,187,<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 5,360 in [[2010 United States census|2010]].

==History==
The city was incorporated in 1858.<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=32 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> The name "Camilla" was chosen in honor of the granddaughter of Henry Mitchell, a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] general for whom Mitchell County was named.<ref>[http://www.camillaga.com/HistoricalPhotos.cfm camillaga.com] Retrieved September 11, 2009.</ref>

Camilla and Mitchell County were originally [[Muscogee|Creek]] country, surrendered to the United States in the 1814 [[Treaty of Fort Jackson]]. Georgia divided the land ceded by Native Americans into lots to be given away in land lotteries. The lottery of 1820 awarded lands covering much of the southwest section of the state (applying only to land south of the future [[Lee County, Georgia|Lee County]] line and extending west to the [[Chattahoochee River]] and east to settled counties in east Georgia), including the area later known as Mitchell County. Despite having access to free land, few people moved to the region. Citizens hesitated to improve land, according to an early twentieth-century history the region "which God Almighty had left in an unfinished condition."{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} It took approximately forty years (1820–1857) for the area to obtain its necessary legal population to become a separate county, after which Camilla became the [[county seat]].<ref name=butler2012>Joshua Butler, "'Almost Too Terrible to Believe': The Camilla, Georgia Race Riot and Massacre, September 1868," (M.A. Thesis: Valdosta State University, 2012), pp. 17–18 (Content taken from the work with permission of the author).</ref>

In the early 2000s, the city was hit by two disastrous sets of [[tornado]]es, both occurring in the dark hours of the early morning and both going through roughly the same area. The [[2000 Southwest Georgia tornado outbreak|first outbreak]] was on February 14, 2000;<ref>[http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tae/research-gould_sls.php 10.5 SOUTHWEST GEORGIA TORNADO OUTBREAK OF 13–14 FEBRUARY 2000 – noaa.gov] Retrieved September 11, 2009.</ref> the second was on March 20, 2003.<ref>[http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tae/events/20030320.php Tornado Outbreak of March 20, 2003 – noaa.gov] Retrieved September 11, 2009.</ref>

=== Camilla massacre ===
{{main|Camilla massacre}}
Camilla became the site of a racially-motivated political white-on-black riot on Saturday, September 19, 1868.<!-- reported as August 1868 in <ref name=johnson2014>  -->  Determined to promote political and social reform with an organized rally, 150<ref name=butler2012/>–300 [[freedmen]], along with [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] political candidates, marched toward the town's courthouse square for the rally.<ref name=johnson2014/> The local sheriff and "[[Vigilance committee|citizens committee]]" in the majority-white town warned the black and white activists of the impending violence and demanded that they forfeit their guns, even though carrying weapons was customary at the time.<ref name=johnson2014/> The marchers refused to give up their guns and continued to the courthouse square, where a group of local whites, quickly deputized by the sheriff, fired upon them. This assault forced the Republicans and freedmen to retreat as locals gave chase into the swamps, killing an estimated nine to fifteen of the black rally participants while wounding forty others. "Whites proceeded through the countryside over the next two weeks, beating and warning Negroes that they would be killed if they tried to vote in the coming election."<ref name=johnson2014>{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Nicholas|title=Negroes and The Gun: the black tradition of arms|year=2014|publisher=Prometheus|location=Amherst, New York|isbn=978-1-61614-839-3|pages=90–92}}</ref> The Camilla massacre was the culmination of smaller acts of violence committed by white inhabitants that had plagued southwest Georgia since the end of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name=butler2012/><sup>(pp.&nbsp;1–2)</sup>

=== Beating of Marion King ===
On July 23, 1962, a group of [[civil rights]] activists tried to visit fellow demonstrators from [[Albany, Georgia]], who had been jailed in Camilla. While the rally took place, Marion King, wife of [[Albany Movement]]'s vice president Slater King, was beaten to the ground and kicked by Camilla police guards until she was unconscious. Mrs. King was pregnant at the time and had her young children with her. She suffered a [[miscarriage]] after the ordeal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/crdl/id:ugabma_wsbn_44817 |publisher=[[Civil Rights Digital Library]] |access-date=December 12, 2015 |title=WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Marion King, interviewed after her beating by Camilla police}}</ref> The 2012 song "Camilla" from the eponymous album by [[Caroline Herring]] pays a tribute to Mrs. King's memory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://carolineherring.squarespace.com/blog/2012/9/20/the-story-behind-camilla.html |publisher=[[Caroline Herring]] |access-date=December 12, 2015 |title=The Story Behind Camilla}}</ref>

==Geography==
Camilla is located in central Mitchell County at {{Coord|31|13|49|N|84|12|33|W|type:city}} (31.230243, −84.209102).<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> [[U.S. Route 19]] is the main highway through the city, passing east of the downtown. US 19 leads north {{convert|27|mi}} to [[Albany, Georgia|Albany]] and southeast {{convert|32|mi}} to [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]]. State Routes [[Georgia State Route 37|37]] and [[Georgia State Route 112|112]] pass through the center of Camilla as Broad Street. Route 37 leads east {{convert|27|mi}} to [[Moultrie, Georgia|Moultrie]] and northwest {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Newton, Georgia|Newton]], while Route 112 leads northeast {{convert|32|mi}} to [[Sylvester, Georgia|Sylvester]] and south {{convert|26|mi}} to [[Cairo, Georgia|Cairo]]. [[Georgia State Route 97|State Route 97]] leads southwest from Camilla {{convert|35|mi}} to [[Bainbridge, Georgia|Bainbridge]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.6|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqmi|2}}, or 0.20%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Camilla has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=5190&cityname=Camilla%2C+Georgia%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Camila, Georgia]</ref> Camilla has a relatively wet climate with high precipitation year-round, as typical of the eastern United States. Its southerly latitude in Georgia causes a greater tropical influence resulting in very mild winters in comparison with [[Atlanta]] for example.

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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 289
|1880= 672
|1890= 866
|1900= 1051
|1910= 1827
|1920= 2136
|1930= 2025
|1940= 2588
|1950= 3745
|1960= 4753
|1970= 4987
|1980= 5414
|1990= 5008
|2000= 5669
|2010= 5360
|2020= 5187
|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=|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=|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=|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=|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=}}</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=}}</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=}}</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=}}</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=}}</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=}}</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=}}</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=}}</ref> 
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Camilla racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1312624&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,148
|22.13%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|3,781
|72.89%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|6
|0.12%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|38
|0.73%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|103
|1.99%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|111
|2.14%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 5,187 people, 1,926 households, and 1,325 families residing in the city.

== Education ==

=== Mitchell County School District ===
The [[Mitchell County School District]] holds grades pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one elementary school that's in Baconton GA, a middle school, a high school, and one charter school.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=701&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 24, 2010.</ref> The district has 176 full-time teachers and over 2,855 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/MITCHELL/MITCHELL_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 24, 2010.</ref> The Mitchell County Head Start Center opened in 2001.  District schools include:{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}
*South Mitchell County Elementary School
*North Mitchell County Elementary School
*Mitchell County Middle School
*[[Mitchell County High School]]

=== Charter school ===
*Baconton Community Charter School{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

=== Private education ===
*Westwood Schools{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

=== Higher education ===
Andersonville Theological Seminary  has its headquarters based in Camilla.  The [[distance education]] seminary is accredited through the Association of Independent Christian College and Seminaries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://andersonvilleseminary.com/about/academic-credentials-affiliations/ |publisher= Andersonville Theological Seminary |access-date=February 2, 2023 |title=Academic Credentials & Affiliations}}</ref> The [[seminary]]'s headquarters consists of two administrative buildings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contact Us {{!}} Andersonville Theological Seminary|url=https://andersonvilleseminary.com/contact/|access-date=2021-12-05|language=en-US}}</ref>  It's widely reported by former students that the seminary is a [[diploma mill]] where sub-standard degrees are given for little or no actual coursework. <ref>https://www.degreeinfo.com/index.php?threads/andersonville-theological-seminary-respected-throughout-the-christian-world.61208/</ref>

== Law and government ==
{{update|section|date=November 2012}}
The legislative authority of the government of the City of Camilla is vested in the six-member Council. Council members serve for terms of four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Three members are elected from and by the voters of Council District No. 1, and three members are elected from and by the voters of Council District No. 2.

;Mayor:
* Mayor Kelvin Owens (term expires December 31, 2023)

;Council members:
* W.D. Palmer, III (District 2; term expires December 31, 2025)
* Raymond Dewayne Burley (District 1; term expires December 31, 2025)
* Corey Morgan (District 1; term expires December 31, 2023)
* Steve Collins (District 2; term expires December 31, 2023)
* Venterra Pollard (District 1; term expires December 31, 2025)
* Laura Beth Tucker (District 2; term expires December 31, 2025)

==Transportation==
*[[U.S. Route 19 in Georgia|U.S. Highway 19]] is the major travel route through the city, connecting Camilla to [[Albany, Georgia|Albany]] in the north and [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]] to the south
*[[Georgia State Route 112]] connects [[Cairo, Georgia|Cairo]] to the south and [[Sylvester, Georgia|Sylvester]] to the northeast
*[[Georgia State Route 37]] connects [[Moultrie, Georgia|Moultrie]] to the east
*[[Georgia State Route 311]] and [[Georgia State Route 97]] connects [[Bainbridge, Georgia|Bainbridge]] to the southeast

==Notable people==
{{More citations needed section|date=December 2012}}

*[[Kathryn Stripling Byer]] (1944–2017), poet and teacher; [[North Carolina Poet Laureate]] 2005–2009
*[[Oscar Branch Colquitt]] (1861–1940), former governor of Texas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_texas/col2-content/main-content-list/title_colquitt_oscar.html|title = Texas Governor Oscar Branch Colquitt|publisher= National Governors Association |access-date= December 21, 2012}}</ref>  
*[[Danny Copeland]] (born 1966), [[National Football League|NFL]] [[defensive back]]; Super Bowl winner with [[Washington Redskins]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=COPELDAN01|title=Danny Lamar Copeland|publisher=databaseFootball.com|access-date=December 21, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015223442/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=COPELDAN01|archive-date=October 15, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[Tiger Flowers]] (1895–1927), first Black middleweight boxing champion of the world
*[[James Griffin (defensive back)|James Griffin]] (born 1961), ex-NFL safety with [[Detroit Lions]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GRIFFJAM01|title=James Victor Griffin|publisher=databaseFootball.com|access-date=December 21, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011014908/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GRIFFJAM01|archive-date=October 11, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[Krysta Harden]], former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
*[[Jumaine Jones]] (born 1979), professional [[basketball]] [[forward (basketball)|forward]] for [[Bnei HaSharon]] of [[Israel]]
*[[Fred Nixon]] (born 1958), ex-NFL player with [[Green Bay Packers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NIXONFRE01|title=Frederick Lenar Nixon|publisher=databaseFootball.com|access-date=December 21, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123134541/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NIXONFRE01|archive-date=January 23, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[Grover Stewart]], NFL [[defensive tackle]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Grover Stewart |url=https://www.colts.com/team/players-roster/grover-stewart/logs/2024/reg/ |website=colts.com |access-date=November 3, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Orson Swindle]] (born 1937), [[US Marine Corps]] colonel and former [[Prisoner of War|POW]] with [[John McCain]] in [[Vietnam]]

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="nolines">
File:Camilla Fire Department.jpg|Camilla Fire Department
File:City of Camilla Public Safety Complex.jpg|City of Camilla Public Safety Complex, which is attached to the fire station
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Georgia (U.S. state)}}
*[[Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the meat industry in the United States]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web
|url=http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zlcu
|title=Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race 
|publisher=[[Digital Library of Georgia]]
|year=2001}}
* {{cite web
|title='Almost too Terrible to Believe': The Camilla, Georgia Race Riot and Massacre, September 1868
|first=Joshua
|last=Butler
|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10428/1130
|access-date=November 1, 2018
|publisher=M.A. thesis, [[Valdosta State University]]
|date=May 11, 2012|hdl=10428/1130
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|www.camillaga.net}}
* [http://www.camillageorgia.com/ Camilla Chamber of Commerce]

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