Editing Colquitt County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Colquitt, Georgia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Colquitt County
 | state                = Georgia
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = {{start date and age|1856}}
 | seat wl              = Moultrie
 | largest city wl      = Moultrie
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 557
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 544
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 12
 | area percentage      = 2.2%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 45898
 | density_sq_mi        = 84
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | website              = {{URL|https://www.colquittcountyga.gov/|colquittcountyga.gov}}
 | ex image             = 08-08-10 MoutrieColquittCoCrths.JPG
 | ex image cap         = [[Colquitt County Courthouse]] in Moultrie
 | district             = 8th
 | named for            = [[Walter Terry Colquitt]]
}}

'''Colquitt County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 45,898.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Colquitt County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Colquitt_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13071|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 26, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Moultrie, Georgia|Moultrie]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |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 }}</ref> The county was created on February 25, 1856, and is named for [[Walter Terry Colquitt]], a [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030710215157/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf |archive-date=July 10, 2003 |url-status=live | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=49 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> Colquitt County comprises the Moultrie, GA [[Micropolitan Statistical Area|micropolitan statistical area]].

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|557|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|544|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|12|sqmi}} (2.2%) is water.<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> It is located in [[Southwest Georgia]].

Most of the western portion of Colquitt County, west of [[Moultrie, Georgia|Moultrie]] and [[Georgia State Route 33|State Route 33]], is located in the Upper [[Ochlockonee River]] sub-basin of the larger Ochlockonee River basin, with the exception of the very northwestern corner of the county, between [[Sale City, Georgia|Sale City]] and west of [[Doerun, Georgia|Doerun]], which is located in the Lower [[Flint River (Georgia)|Flint River]] sub-basin of the [[ACF River Basin]] (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). A narrow central portion of Colquitt County, running from north to south of Moultrie, and then widening to occupy the gap between [[U.S. Route 319 in Georgia|U.S. Route 319]] and [[Georgia State Route 133|State Route 133]], is located in the [[Withlacoochee River (Suwannee River)|Withlacoochee River]] sub-basin of the [[Suwannee River]] basin. The eastern portion of the county is located in the [[Little River (Withlacoochee River)|Little River]] sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 25, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Lakes===
* [[Gray Lake]]
* [[Lake Murphy (Colquitt County, Georgia)|Lake Murphy]]

===Major highways===
{{div col}}
* [[File:US 319.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 319 in Georgia|U.S. Route 319]]
* [[U.S. Route 319 Business (Moultrie, Georgia)|U.S. Route 319 Business]]
* [[File:Georgia 33.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 33|State Route 33]]
* [[File:Georgia 35.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 35|State Route 35]]
* [[File:Georgia 37.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 37|State Route 37]]
* [[File:Georgia 111.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 111|State Route 111]]
* [[File:Georgia 133.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 133|State Route 133]]
* [[File:Georgia 202.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 202|State Route 202]]
* [[File:Georgia 256.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 256|State Route 256]]
* [[File:Georgia 270.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 270|State Route 270]]
* [[File:Georgia 270 Spur.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 270 Spur (Doerun)|State Route 270 Spur]]
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Tift County, Georgia|Tift County]] (northeast)
* [[Cook County, Georgia|Cook County]] (east)
* [[Brooks County, Georgia|Brooks County]] (southeast)
* [[Thomas County, Georgia|Thomas County]] (southwest)
* [[Mitchell County, Georgia|Mitchell County]] (west)
* [[Worth County, Georgia|Worth County]] (northwest)

==Communities==
===Cities===
{{div col}}
* [[Berlin, Georgia|Berlin]]
* [[Doerun, Georgia|Doerun]]
* [[Ellenton, Georgia|Ellenton]]
* [[Funston, Georgia|Funston]]
* [[Moultrie, Georgia|Moultrie]]
* [[Norman Park, Georgia|Norman Park]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Autreyville, Georgia|Autreyville]]
* [[Barbers, Georgia|Barbers]]
* [[Hartsfield, Georgia|Hartsfield]]
* [[Riverside, Colquitt County, Georgia|Riverside]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1860 = 1316
| 1870 = 1654
| 1880 = 2527
| 1890 = 4794
| 1900 = 13636
| 1910 = 19789
| 1920 = 29332
| 1930 = 30622
| 1940 = 33012
| 1950 = 33999
| 1960 = 34048
| 1970 = 32200
| 1980 = 35376
| 1990 = 36645
| 2000 = 42053
| 2010 = 45498
| 2020 = 45898
|estyear=2023
|estimate=46167
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|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 Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br>1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1940-1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960-1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13071.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226025925/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13071.html|archive-date=February 26, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Colquitt County racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13071&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 9, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|25,588
|55.75%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|9,995
|21.78%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|83
|0.18%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|388
|0.85%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|15
|0.03%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/mixed]]
|1,120
|2.44%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|8,709
|18.97%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 45,898 people, 15,505 households, and 10,663 families residing in the county.

==Education==
[[File:Colquitt County Board of Education at former high school.jpg|thumb|[[Colquitt County School District]] headquarters]]
[[Colquitt County School District]] operates public schools, with [[Colquitt County High School]] being the high school.

==Politics==
{{PresHead|place=Colquitt County, Georgia|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 19, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|12,451|4,114|46|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|11,777|4,190|119|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|9,898|3,463|263|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|9,243|3,973|131|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|9,185|4,139|130|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|8,296|3,378|78|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|6,589|3,297|86|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|4,847|4,135|1,010|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|4,680|3,891|1,705|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,653|2,998|40|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,815|3,208|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,593|5,353|123|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,181|6,928|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,900|930|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,882|1,119|6,325|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|6,493|2,563|4|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,685|4,397|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,336|4,412|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,411|4,517|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|537|2,255|673|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|696|2,308|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|525|1,819|17|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|448|2,449|4|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|101|3,534|17|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|796|970|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|205|1,572|145|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|523|768|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|53|1,305|171|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|8|699|507|Georgia}}

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Colquitt County, Georgia]]
*[[List of counties in Georgia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.ccboc.com/ Colquitt County official website]
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/colquitt/colquitt-county Colquitt County] historical marker

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Colquitt County, Georgia
|North     =
|Northeast = [[Tift County, Georgia|Tift County]]
|East      = [[Cook County, Georgia|Cook County]]
|Southeast = [[Brooks County, Georgia|Brooks County]]
|South     =
|Southwest = [[Thomas County, Georgia|Thomas County]]
|West      = [[Mitchell County, Georgia|Mitchell County]]
|Northwest = [[Worth County, Georgia|Worth County]]
}}
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{{Georgia (U.S. state)}}
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[[Category:Populated places established in 1856]]