Editing Harlem, Georgia

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'''Harlem''' is a city in [[Columbia County, Georgia|Columbia County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. It is part of the [[Augusta metropolitan area]]. The population was 2,666 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1336696| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212181054/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1336696| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Harlem city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=July 29, 2014}}</ref> up from 1,814 in 2000. This city was named after the neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/h.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=103 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> Harlem is the birthplace of comedian [[Oliver Hardy]]; the annual Harlem Oliver Hardy Festival is held on the first Saturday each October on Main Street in his honor.

==History==
From the building of the [[Georgia Railroad and Banking Company|Georgia Railroad]] which passes through town until at least the 1860s, Harlem was known as '''Saw Dust'''.
The town is twinned with [[Ulverston]] in England, the birthplace of  [[Stan Laurel|Stan Laurel, comedy partner of Oliver Hardy]].

==Geography==
Harlem is located in southern Columbia County at {{Coord|33|25|1|N|82|18|50|W|type:city}} (33.416822, -82.313762),<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> with its western boundary following the [[McDuffie County, Georgia|McDuffie County]] line. U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 78 in Georgia|78]] and [[U.S. Route 278 in Georgia|278]] pass through the center of town, leading east {{convert|23|mi}} to downtown [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] and west {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Thomson, Georgia|Thomson]]. [[U.S. Route 221 in Georgia|U.S. Route 221]] crosses US 78/278 in the center of town, leading north {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Interstate 20 in Georgia|Interstate 20]] and {{convert|21|mi}} to the [[South Carolina]] border, and south {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Wrens, Georgia|Wrens]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Harlem has a total area of {{convert|11.7|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.04|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.36%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 292
|1890= 647
|1900= 527
|1910= 736
|1920= 798
|1930= 784
|1940= 736
|1950= 1033
|1960= 1423
|1970= 1540
|1980= 1485
|1990= 2199
|2000= 1814
|2010= 2666
|2020= 3571
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Harlem racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1336696&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-15|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|2,408
|67.43%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|754
|21.11%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|12
|0.34%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|24
|0.67%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|11
|0.31%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|198
|5.54%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|164
|4.59%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 3,571 people, 1,021 households, and 645 families residing in the city.

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
*[[Central Savannah River Area]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://harlemga.org/ City of Harlem official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080819144024/http://harlem.georgia.gov/ Harlem] at Georgia.gov

{{Columbia County, Georgia}}
{{Central Savannah River Area}}

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[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Columbia County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Augusta metropolitan area]]