Editing Edison, Georgia

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'''Edison''' is a city in [[Calhoun County, Georgia|Calhoun County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. Per the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 1,230.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edison city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1326448|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref> The [[Edison Commercial Historic District]] is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

==History==
The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated the place in 1902 as the "Town of Edison".<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxE4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA414|year=1903|publisher=J. Johnston|page=414}}</ref> The community was named after [[Thomas Edison]] (1847–1931), American inventor.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/d.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=70 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

==Geography==
Edison is located in northwestern Calhoun County at {{Coord|31|33|39|N|84|44|17|W|type:city}} (31.560891, -84.737984).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is {{convert|40|mi}} west of [[Albany, Georgia|Albany]] and {{convert|20|mi}} east of the [[Alabama]] line at [[Fort Gaines, Georgia|Fort Gaines]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Edison has a total area of {{convert|6.1|km2|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1326448| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212182037/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1326448| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Edison city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=July 17, 2014}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 841
|1920= 885
|1930= 1321
|1940= 1241
|1950= 1247
|1960= 1232
|1970= 1210
|1980= 1128
|1990= 1182
|2000= 1340
|2010= 1531
|2020= 1230
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|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=|archive-url=| archive-date=|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=|archive-url=| archive-date=|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=|archive-url=| archive-date=|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=|archive-url=| archive-date=|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=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</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=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</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=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</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=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</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=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</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=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</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=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</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=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Edison city, Georgia – Racial and Ethnic Composition'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<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
!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) – Edison city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1326448&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!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) – Edison city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1326448&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|459
|266
|29.98%
|21.63%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|975
|894
|63.68%
|72.68%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|0.07%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|16
|4
|1.05%
|0.33%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|14
|17
|0.91%
|1.38%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|66
|49
|4.31%
|3.98%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,531'''
|'''1,230'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,340 people, 512 households, and 334 families residing in the city. By the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 1,230.

==Education==
The Calhoun County School System includes [[Calhoun County Middle-High School (Georgia)|Calhoun County High School-Middle School]],<ref>[http://www.calhoun.k12.ga.us Calhoun County School System]</ref><ref>http://www.calhoun.k12.ga.us/pages/calhouncounty/Schools {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> which serves Calhoun County and some students from the cities of [[Arlington, Georgia|Arlington]], Edison, [[Leary, Georgia|Leary]], and [[Morgan, Georgia|Morgan]]. Calhoun County Elementary School is in Arlington.

==Notable persons==
* [[Bobby Dews]], former infielder and former coach in [[Major League Baseball]] 
* [[Rodney Dent]] retired NBA player for the Orlando Magic
* [[Luke Bryan]] singer raised in Edison
* [[Makayla Timpson]] WNBA player for Indiana Fever

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*Martha Hoover Dozier, ''Against Oblivion: History of Calhoun County''

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