Editing Crisp County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Crisp County
 | state                = Georgia
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = {{start date and age|1905}}
 | seat wl              = Cordele
 | largest city wl      = Cordele
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 281
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 273
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 8.4
 | area percentage      = 3.0%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 20128
 | density_sq_mi        = 74
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | web                  = www.crispcounty.com
 | ex image             = Crisp County Courthouse (west face).JPG
 | ex image cap         = Crisp County Courthouse in Cordele
 | district             = 2nd
 | named for            = [[Charles Frederick Crisp]]
}}

'''Crisp County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[Central Georgia|central portion]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 20,128.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Crisp County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Crisp_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13081|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 26, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Cordele, Georgia|Cordele]].<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 August 17, 1905, from [[Dooly County]] and named for Georgia Congressman [[Charles Frederick Crisp]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crispcounty.com/|title=Crisp County, Georgia {{!}} Government For The People|website=www.crispcounty.com|access-date=March 19, 2018}}</ref><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=54 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

Crisp County comprises the Cordele, GA [[Micropolitan Statistical Area|micropolitan statistical area]].

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|281|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|273|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|8.4|sqmi}} (3.0%) 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>

The western two-thirds of Crisp County, bordered on the east by a line from south of [[Arabi, Georgia|Arabi]] running northeast, is located in the Middle [[Flint River (Georgia)|Flint River]] sub-basin of the [[ACF River Basin]] (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern third of the county is located in the [[Alapaha River]] sub-basin of the [[Suwannee River]].<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 24, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:I-75.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 75 in Georgia|Interstate 75]]
* [[File:US 41.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 41 in Georgia|U.S. Route 41]]
* [[File:US 280.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 280 in Georgia|U.S. Route 280]]
* [[File:Georgia 7.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 7|State Route 7]]
* [[File:Georgia 30.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 30|State Route 30]]
* [[File:Georgia 33.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 33|State Route 33]]
* [[File:Georgia 33 Connector.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 33 Connector (Cordele)|State Route 33 Connector]]
* [[File:Georgia 90.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 90|State Route 90]]
* [[File:Georgia 257.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 257|State Route 257]]
* [[File:Georgia 300.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 300|State Route 300]]
* [[File:Georgia 300 Connector.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 300 Connector (Cordele)|State Route 300 Connector]]
* [[File:Georgia 401.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 401|State Route 401]] (unsigned designation for I-75)
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===Adjacent counties===
* [[Dooly County, Georgia|Dooly County]] (north)
* [[Wilcox County, Georgia|Wilcox County]] (east)
* [[Turner County, Georgia|Turner County]] (southeast)
* [[Worth County, Georgia|Worth County]] (southwest)
* [[Lee County, Georgia|Lee County]] (west)
* [[Sumter County, Georgia|Sumter County]] (west)

==Communities==

===City===
* [[Cordele, Georgia|Cordele]] (county seat)

===Town===
* [[Arabi, Georgia|Arabi]]

=== Census-designated place ===

* [[Wenona, Georgia|Wenona]]

===Unincorporated territory===
* [[Coney, Georgia|Coney]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 16423
|1920= 18914
|1930= 17343
|1940= 17540
|1950= 17663
|1960= 17768
|1970= 18087
|1980= 19489
|1990= 20011
|2000= 21996
|2010= 23439
|2020= 20128
|estyear=2023
|estimate=19631
|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/13/13081.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221113706/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13081.html|archive-date=February 21, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Crisp County racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13081&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 15, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|9,892
|49.15%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|8,821
|43.82%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|18
|0.09%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|180
|0.89%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|4
|0.02%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|579
|2.88%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|634
|3.15%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 20,128 people, 8,585 households, and 5,712 families residing in the county.

==Education==
{{Main|Cordele, Georgia#Education}}

==Politics==
{{PresHead|place=Crisp 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|5,099|2,993|24|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,985|2,982|69|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,549|2,837|163|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,182|3,167|51|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,424|3,085|45|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,865|2,357|32|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,285|2,268|56|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,321|2,504|471|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,253|2,610|846|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,916|1,690|27|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,895|2,128|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,861|3,403|83|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,328|3,747|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,623|682|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|935|1,017|3,271|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|3,337|1,756|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|963|2,365|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|835|2,526|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|949|2,116|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|221|1,225|524|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|217|1,199|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|129|1,049|4|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|79|1,029|2|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|10|725|5|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|402|523|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|21|439|16|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|83|565|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|100|577|4|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|45|644|12|Georgia}}

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* http://www.crispcounty.com
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/crisp/crisp-county Crisp County] historical marker

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Crisp County, Georgia
|North     = [[Dooly County, Georgia|Dooly County]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Wilcox County, Georgia|Wilcox County]]
|Southeast = [[Turner County, Georgia|Turner County]]
|South     =
|Southwest = [[Worth County, Georgia|Worth County]]
|West      = [[Lee County, Georgia|Lee County]]
|Northwest = [[Sumter County, Georgia|Sumter County]]
}}
{{Crisp County, Georgia}}
{{Georgia (U.S. state)}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Coord|31.93|-83.77|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}

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[[Category:Georgia (U.S. state) counties]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1905]]
[[Category:Majority-minority counties in Georgia]]