Editing Clarkesville, Georgia

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'''Clarkesville''' is a city that is the [[county seat]] of [[Habersham County, Georgia|Habersham County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], it had a population of 1,911,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1316460 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> up from the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] population of 1,733,<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1316460| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Clarkesville city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=May 15, 2017}} {{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> up from 1,248 at the 2000 census.

==History==
Originally the city was [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], and was called Sak-yi. Later, the name was used for the Soque River, originally called “So-Kee”.<ref>http://genealogytrails.com/geo/habersham/towns.htm</ref> The city was established along the route of the [[Unicoi Turnpike]], a 1,000-year-old Native American trail. In the early 18th century, deerskins and furs were transported along the route from [[Tennessee]] to [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] and [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] for shipping to Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Unicoi Turnpike Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=43671 |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sautee Nacoochee Center |url=https://www.snca.org/snc/museums/history/crossroads/historyTurnpikes.php |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.snca.org}}</ref>

Clarkesville was founded in 1821 as the seat of Habersham County.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA223 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | accessdate=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=223| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref> The community was named after [[John Clark (Georgia governor)|John Clark]].<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=44 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

==Geography==
Clarkesville is located in central Habersham County on the south side of the [[Soquee River]], a southwest-flowing tributary of the [[Chattahoochee River]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.45|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{Convert|6.37|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.08|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 1.20%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Clarkesville, Georgia, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1990&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 76
|Feb record high F = 79
|Mar record high F = 85
|Apr record high F = 89
|May record high F = 93
|Jun record high F = 103
|Jul record high F = 102
|Aug record high F = 99
|Sep record high F = 96
|Oct record high F = 95
|Nov record high F = 84
|Dec record high F = 77

|Jan avg record high F = 68.3
|Feb avg record high F = 71.0
|Mar avg record high F = 78.5
|Apr avg record high F = 84.5
|May avg record high F = 88.3
|Jun avg record high F = 92.6
|Jul avg record high F = 94.1
|Aug avg record high F = 93.7
|Sep avg record high F = 90.1
|Oct avg record high F = 83.6
|Nov avg record high F = 76.0
|Dec avg record high F = 68.8
|year avg record high F = 95.2

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =51.4
| Feb high F  =55.3
| Mar high F  =63.0
| Apr high F  =71.9
| May high F  =78.7
| Jun high F  =85.1
| Jul high F  =88.2
| Aug high F  =87.1
| Sep high F  =81.6
| Oct high F  =72.0
| Nov high F  =61.9
| Dec high F  =53.6
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =40.3
| Feb mean F  =42.9
| Mar mean F  =49.8
| Apr mean F  =58.1
| May mean F  =66.0
| Jun mean F  =73.2
| Jul mean F  =76.9
| Aug mean F  =76.0
| Sep mean F  =70.2
| Oct mean F  =59.0
| Nov mean F  =48.8
| Dec mean F  =42.3
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =29.1
| Feb low F  =30.5
| Mar low F  =36.5
| Apr low F  =44.3
| May low F  =53.3
| Jun low F  =61.3
| Jul low F  =65.6
| Aug low F  =64.9
| Sep low F  =58.8
| Oct low F  =46.0
| Nov low F  =35.6
| Dec low F  =31.0

|Jan avg record low F = 12.1
|Feb avg record low F = 16.5
|Mar avg record low F = 21.3
|Apr avg record low F = 29.3
|May avg record low F = 37.5
|Jun avg record low F = 50.8
|Jul avg record low F = 58.1
|Aug avg record low F = 57.2
|Sep avg record low F = 44.8
|Oct avg record low F = 30.6
|Nov avg record low F = 22.0
|Dec avg record low F = 17.2
|year avg record low F = 10.3

|Jan record low F = 2
|Feb record low F = 1
|Mar record low F = 8
|Apr record low F = 21
|May record low F = 27
|Jun record low F = 43
|Jul record low F = 51
|Aug record low F = 49
|Sep record low F = 37
|Oct record low F = 23
|Nov record low F = 13
|Dec record low F = 3

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =5.78
| Feb precipitation inch  =5.33
| Mar precipitation inch  =5.46
| Apr precipitation inch  =4.49
| May precipitation inch  =4.54
| Jun precipitation inch  =5.16
| Jul precipitation inch  =4.93
| Aug precipitation inch  =5.93
| Sep precipitation inch  =4.65
| Oct precipitation inch  =4.69
| Nov precipitation inch  =4.93
| Dec precipitation inch  =5.91

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 11.2
|Feb precipitation days = 10.4
|Mar precipitation days = 11.8
|Apr precipitation days = 10.2
|May precipitation days = 11.2
|Jun precipitation days = 12.2
|Jul precipitation days = 12.3
|Aug precipitation days = 12.9
|Sep precipitation days = 9.2
|Oct precipitation days = 8.2
|Nov precipitation days = 8.9
|Dec precipitation days = 11.0

<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =0.6
| Feb snow inch  =0.4
| Mar snow inch  =0.0
| Apr snow inch  =0.0
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.0
| Nov snow inch  =0.0
| Dec snow inch  =0.3

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.3
|Feb snow days = 0.2
|Mar snow days = 0.0
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.1

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00091965&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Clarkesville, GA
|access-date = February 27, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=gsp
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Greenville
|access-date = February 27, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1850= 502
|1870= 263
|1880= 291
|1890= 396
|1900= 491
|1910= 528
|1920= 542
|1930= 617
|1940= 850
|1950= 1106
|1960= 1352
|1970= 1294
|1980= 1348
|1990= 1151
|2000= 1248
|2010= 1733
|2020= 1911
|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>
}}
[[File:Aerial photograph of the town of Clarkesville, Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia, 1953 - DPLA - c37f9c4ea7e5ba8f7fde974b60e3eed43003.jpeg|thumb|Aerial photograph of Clarkesville in 1953]]

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Clarkesville Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1316460&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-09|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|1,544
|80.8%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|103
|5.39%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|2
|0.1%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|31
|1.62%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.05%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|100
|5.23%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|130
|6.8%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,911 people, 709 households, and 402 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,248 people, 580 households, and 335 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|670.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 639 housing units at an average density of {{convert|343.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 90.06% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.77% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.72% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.32% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.96% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.36% of the population.

There were 580 households, out of which 20.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 39.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 23.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.72.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 19.1% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 27.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $27,880, and the median income for a family was $39,148. Males had a median income of $26,316 versus $23,977 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $20,265.  About 9.9% of families and 14.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.8% of those under age 18 and 16.6% of those age 65 or over.
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==Government==
The current mayor is Barrie Aycock, the second female mayor in Clarkesville's history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://accesswdun.com/article/2016/2/371565/aycock-begins-service-as-clarkesvilles-second-female-mayor|title=Aycock begins service as Clarkesville's second female mayor}}</ref> In 2016 she replaced previous mayor, Terry Greene.

== Education ==
The [[Habersham County School District]] holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of eight elementary schools, three middle schools, and two high schools.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=668&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education] {{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 11, 2010.</ref> The district has 367 full-time teachers and over 5,955 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/HABERSHAM/HABERSHAM_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 11, 2010.</ref> [[North Georgia Technical College]] is located in Clarkesville.

== Notable people ==
* [[Linda Anderson (artist)|Linda Anderson]], according to NPR considered "one of the foremost living memory painters".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-07 |title=Linda Anderson |url=http://www.gpb.org/stateofthearts/term/anderson |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=[[NPR]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407003642/http://www.gpb.org/stateofthearts/term/anderson |archive-date=7 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Red Barron]], football and baseball player
* [[McKenzie Coan]], 2016 Paralympic gold medalist<ref>{{cite web |author1=Joe Clarke |title=McKenzie Coan Leads Team USA's Three-Medal Day In The Pool With 50-Meter Freestyle Gold |url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/September/09/McKenzie-Coan-Leads-Team-USAs-Three-Medal-Day-In-The-Pool-With-50-Meter-Freestyle-Gold |website=Team USA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913030426/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/September/09/McKenzie-Coan-Leads-Team-USAs-Three-Medal-Day-In-The-Pool-With-50-Meter-Freestyle-Gold |archive-date=13 September 2016 |date=9 September 2016}}</ref>
* [[Oliver Clyde Fuller]],  banker, financier, and golfer
* [[April Masini]], advice columnist, relationship expert and entertainment industry executive
* [[Benjamin Purcell]], U.S. Army officer and state legislator

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.clarkesvillega.com/ }}

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