Editing Greensboro, Georgia

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'''Greensboro''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Greene County, Georgia|Greene County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[United States]]. Its population was 3,648 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. The city is located approximately halfway between [[Atlanta]] and [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] on [[Interstate 20 in Georgia|Interstate 20]].

==History==
Greensboro was founded circa 1780; in 1787, it was designated the seat of the newly formed Greene County. It was incorporated as a town in 1803 and as a city in 1855.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA231 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=231| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref> The city was named for Major General [[Nathanael Greene]], commander of the rebel American forces at the [[Battle of Guilford Court House]] on March 15, 1781.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/g.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=98 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

==Geography==
Greensboro is located at the center of Greene County at {{coord|33|34|18|N|83|10|51|W|region:US-GA_type:city(3238)}} (33.571528, -83.180921).<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=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 278]] passes through the city center as Broad Street, leading east {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Union Point, Georgia|Union Point]] and west {{convert|19|mi}} to [[Madison, Georgia|Madison]]. [[Georgia State Route 44]] leads southwest from Greensboro {{Convert|22|mi}} to [[Eatonton, Georgia|Eatonton]]. [[Georgia State Route 15|State Route 15]] leads north {{convert|34|mi}} to [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]] and southeast {{convert|27|mi}} to [[Sparta, Georgia|Sparta]]. The city limits extend southwest along SR 44 for {{convert|4|mi|0}} so as to include Exit 130 on [[Interstate 20]]. I-20 leads east {{convert|70|mi}} to [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] and west {{convert|73|mi}} to [[Atlanta]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Greensboro has a total area of {{convert|17.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|17.4|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 0.99%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1334876| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Greensboro city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=November 23, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The city is in the [[Oconee River]] watershed and is located {{convert|5|mi|0}} east of [[Lake Oconee]] and {{convert|2|mi|0}} southeast of [[Oconee National Forest]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1810= 411
|1840= 763
|1870= 913
|1880= 1621
|1890= 1313
|1900= 1511
|1910= 2120
|1920= 2128
|1930= 2125
|1940= 2459
|1950= 2688
|1960= 2773
|1970= 2583
|1980= 2985
|1990= 2860
|2000= 3238
|2010= 3359
|2020= 3648
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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>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Greensboro racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1334876&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|802
|21.98%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|2,196
|60.2%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|6
|0.16%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|43
|1.18%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/mixed]]
|81
|2.22%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|520
|14.25%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 3,648 people, 1,288 households, and 808 families residing in the city.

== Education ==

=== Greene County School District ===
The [[Greene County School District (Georgia)|Greene County School District]] holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, and a charter school.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=666&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 10, 2010.</ref> The district has 158 full-time teachers and over 2,280 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/GREENE/GREENE_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 10, 2010.</ref>

*Greensboro Elementary
*Union Point Elementary
*Anita White Carson Middle School
*Greene County High School
*Lake Oconee Academy<ref>[http://www.lakeoconeeacademy.org/ Lake Oconee Academy]</ref>

The area also hosts the private school [[Nathanael Greene Academy]].

==Notable people==
*[[Thomas W. Cobb]], former U.S. representative and senator, and judge of the [[Georgia Superior Courts|superior court of Georgia]]; namesake of [[Cobb County, Georgia]]<ref name="Cong1">{{cite web|title=COBB, Thomas Willis, (1784 - 1830)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000553|website=Congressional Bio Directory|publisher=US Congress|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref>
*[[William Crosby Dawson]], former congressman and U.S. senator from Georgia; born, died, and buried in Greensboro
*[[Foogiano]], rapper signed to [[1017 Records]], born in Greensboro<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who Is Foogiano? Everything To Know|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/who-is-foogiano-everything-to-know-news.130253.html|access-date=2021-07-27|website=HotNewHipHop|date=15 April 2021|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Augustus Baldwin Longstreet]], lawyer and early American humorist writer, represented Greene County in the state legislature in 1821
*[[Mickey Mantle]], center fielder for the New York Yankees, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, lived in Greensboro during his final years after retiring from the Yankees
*[[Joshua Nesbitt]], former starting quarterback for the [[Georgia Tech]] football team
*[[Joseph Parker Jr.]], last surviving U.S. Navy physician who participated in the Allied invasion of [[Omaha Beach]]<ref name=wp>{{cite news| title=Last surviving US Navy doctor on Omaha Beach during D-Day invasion of World War II dies in Ga. |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/last-surviving-us-navy-doctor-on-omaha-beach-during-d-day-invasion-of-world-war-ii-dies-in-ga/2012/10/03/6b3bd696-0da5-11e2-ba6c-07bd866eb71a_story.html |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper= [[Washington Post]] |date=2012-10-03 |access-date=2012-10-14}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> 
*[[John Perkins Ralls]], Confederate congressman from Alabama, born in Greensboro
*[[Tim Simpson]], professional golfer, lives in Greensboro
*[[Sonny Terry]], blues and folk musician known for his energetic harmonica style, born in Greensboro
*Elizabeth Wilson, first African American mayor of Decatur, Georgia

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.greensboroga.gov/ City website]
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/greene/the-burning-of-greensborough The Burning of Greensborough] historical marker
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/greene/historic-springfield-baptist-church Historic Springfield Baptist Church] historical marker

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