Editing Gumlog, Georgia

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'''Gumlog''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated]] lakeside community and [[census-designated place]] in [[Franklin County, Georgia|Franklin County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 2,146 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1335814| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Gumlog CDP, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| accessdate=April 28, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213045120/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1335814| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
Gumlog is located in the northeast corner of Franklin County at primary coordinate point {{coord|34|30|16.4|N|83|6|16.4|W|type:city}} (34.504556, -83.104556).<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 consists of extensive residential neighborhoods along the shores of [[Lake Hartwell]] on the [[Savannah River]]. The northeast border of the CDP is the centerline of the main stem of the lake, which also forms the state line<ref>Darney, Joseph Earl(1974), ''Mountain Spirits'', Bright Mountain Books, Asheville, NC, {{ISBN|0-914875-02-7}},  p.156,. “The community of Gumlog, located in a remote section of northeast Georgia along the South Carolina border, was known far and wide as a prolific producer of corn whiskey.”</ref> with [[South Carolina]]. To the northwest, the CDP is bordered by [[Stephens County, Georgia|Stephens County]], and to the southeast it is bordered by [[Hart County, Georgia|Hart County]]. The southern edge of the CDP follows [[Interstate 85]], and the southwest corner of the CDP borders the city of [[Lavonia, Georgia|Lavonia]]. Access from I-85 is from Exit 173 ([[Georgia State Route 17|Georgia Highway 17]]) in Lavonia.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Gumlog CDP has a total area of {{convert|41.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|34.8|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|6.8|km2|order=flip}}, or 16.32%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> [[Tugaloo State Park]] occupies a peninsula on Lake Hartwell in the eastern part of the CDP.

[[Georgia Highway 328]], known locally as Gumlog Road, is nearly the only way in and out of the community of Gumlog. It is {{convert|10|mi|0}} long and crosses over the Gumlog Cove branch of Lake Hartwell. Gumlog Road runs from [[Georgia State Route 59|Highway 59]] in Lavonia to a junction with Highway 17 in [[Avalon, Georgia|Avalon]]. Gumlog Creek also starts near the same junction in Avalon. Avalon<ref>
Stepens County History(1996). Stephens County Historical Society,  Inc. and Don Mills, Inc. Wadsworth Publishing, Waynesville, NC. ''Communities''. p. 6,. by Dean, Imogene. "Conforming to a pattern of naming places according to the nearest stream, and since Gumlog Creek "rises here" the name of the post office was proposed as Gumlog."   "During Prohibition,  an easy symbiosis appeared to exist among bootleggers, law enforcement officials, and the rest of the community; this phenomenon was clear in the Gumlog/Avalon area. Remote creeks, wooded areas, traditional skills, wide demand for good inexpensive whiskey and a need for income greater than that provided by subsistence farming -- all supported an extensive culture of bootlegging. Gumlog/Avalon provided the same kind of service to the wider area that Golden Pond provided to Chicago during the AL Capone era. For the inexperience, vulnerable offender, federal imprisonment was an occupational hazard; from this area area offenders were often sent to Tallahassee, Florida or Chillicothe, Ohio."
</ref> was going to be named "Gumlog" after Gumlog Creek, but when the charter came back from the State Legislature, the name had been changed instead to Avalon.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1990= 1436
|2000= 2025
|2010= 2146
|2020= 2358
|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/>
}}

Gumlog first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[1990 U.S. Census]].<ref name=1990CensusGA/><ref name=1980CensusGA/>

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Gumlog, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<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 <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Gumlog CDP, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US1335814|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!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) – Gumlog CDP, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1335814&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|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) – Gumlog CDP, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1335814&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|1,872
|1,951
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,106
|92.44%
|90.91%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |89.31%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|89
|113
|style='background: #ffffe6; |83
|4.40%
|5.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.52%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|17
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.84%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.00%
|0.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.21%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|3
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10
|0.15%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.42%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|13
|40
|style='background: #ffffe6; |81
|0.64%
|1.86%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.44%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|31
|29
|style='background: #ffffe6; |73
|1.53%
|1.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.10%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,025'''
|'''2,146'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''2,358'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,025 people, 849 households, and 625 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|149.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,430 housing units at an average density of {{convert|105.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the community was 92.69% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.40% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.94% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.14% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.84% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.53% of the population.

There were 849 households, out of which 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.78.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 20.2% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 30.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $39,609, and the median income for a family was $42,813. Males had a median income of $29,405 versus $25,139 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $20,859.  About 6.0% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.

== Historical notes ==

===What is in a Name===
Some say Gumlog is an amateur translation of the Indian name "tsilalu hi", meaning "Sweet-Gum Settlement." Others say the name comes from the sweet-gum tree logs early settlers used for benches when they held their first court referred to as the Gum Log Court.<ref>Alexander, Jerry L.(2006), ''Where Have All the Moonshiners Gone,''  Seneca, SC, ISBN 0-9763844-2-6, p.156,. “”GUMLOG, Georgia! The Land of Spirits!!! Where legends of illegal liquor making will never die... Early settlers held the first court here and sat on “Gum Log” benches, giving the area its name! But the lasting legend of Gumlog sprang from the many moonshine stills a-cooking here in the early to mid-1900s when hundreds of thousands of gallons were made, sold and shipped to nearby towns and cities.””</ref>

===First court in Franklin County===
In 1785, the [[Yazoo land fraud]] caused the state of Georgia to surrender its claim on what is now [[Alabama]] and [[Mississippi]]. [[South Carolina]] took advantage of the situation to move the boundary with Georgia from the main branch of the [[Keowee River]] to the Tugaloo branch, absorbing some Franklin County territory. Like other Georgia counties at the time, Franklin County had to decide which land claims were legitimate and which were fraudulent. The first county court was held at the home of Warren Philpot on Gumlog Creek. [[George Walton]], a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], was the court's chief justice.<ref>Lake Living Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2(June 2003) Community News Papers, Inc, Athens, GA        ''How Gumlog Got Its Name'' by Willis, Ross,.  p.16,. “Well, it is said that Gumlog received its name from the gum tree logs that were cut and used as benches during the first sessions of the Franklin County Superior Court which was presided over by George Walton on the banks of a nearby creek.”</ref> The assistant justices were Jesse Walton, Benjamin Cleveland, Larkin Cleveland, and John Gorham.<ref>''History of Franklin County, Georgia'', Library of Congress 85 52027 copyright 1986, fourth printing 2004. Franklin County Historical Society, POB 541 Carnesville, GA 30521.  Part III  ''The Courts'', pg 151.  "The same chief justice, who was elected by the assembly, served all superior courts."</ref>

===Attractions===
*[[Tugaloo State Park]]
*[[Lake Hartwell]]
*[[I-85]] [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Welcome_center.png Welcome Center]

==References==
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{{Franklin County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Franklin County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Georgia (U.S. state)]]