Editing Hoboken, Georgia

{{Short description|City in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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'''Hoboken''' is a [[city]] in [[Brantley County, Georgia|Brantley County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 480.

==History==
The city's name most likely is a transfer from [[Hoboken, New Jersey]].<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=110 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated the place as the City of Hoboken in 1920.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqkIbuYAkIYC&pg=PA1003|year=1920|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=1003}}</ref> Hoboken served as the first [[county seat]] of Brantley County from the county's formation in 1920 until 1923 when the seat was transferred to [[Nahunta, Georgia|Nahunta]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA240 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | accessdate=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=240| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Building in Hoboken, GA, US.jpg|right|thumb|Building at the corner of [[US Route 82]] and Palm Street]]
Hoboken is located in western Brantley County at {{coord|31|10|58|N|82|8|2|W|type:city}} (31.182720, -82.133891).<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> [[U.S. Route 82]] (called Main Street) passes through the city, leading east {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Nahunta, Georgia|Nahunta]], the county seat, and west {{convert|14|mi}} to [[Waycross, Georgia|Waycross]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Hoboken has a total area of {{convert|8.9|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.04|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 0.48%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1339216| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212174310/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1339216| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hoboken city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=November 5, 2013}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1930= 398
|1940= 386
|1950= 492
|1960= 552
|1970= 424
|1980= 514
|1990= 440
|2000= 463
|2010= 528
|2020= 480
|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|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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In 2020, the city had a population of 480, down from 528 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].

==Cultural events==
Hoboken has a continuous tradition of periodic singings from the [[Sacred Harp]] that has continued for over 150 years.<ref>Kathryn Eastburn (2008), Chapter 5, ''A Sacred Feast: Reflections on Sacred Harp Singing and Dinner on the Ground''.  University of Nebraska Press.  {{ISBN|978-0-8032-1831-4}}.</ref> These currently include monthly singings and an annual convention.

Twin Oaks Park, located {{convert|4|mi|0}} outside of Hoboken (and with a Hoboken mailing address), hosts two [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] conventions every year. It is a privately owned campground, where people from all over can bring their RV's, pop-ups, and listen to the melodic sounds of bluegrass music.

==See also==
* [[List of county seats in Georgia (U.S. state)]]

==References==
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==External links==
*Sommers, Laurie Kay (2010) "[http://www.southernspaces.org/2010/hoboken-style-meaning-and-change-okefenokee-sacred-harp-singing Hoboken Style: Meaning and Change in Okefenokee Sacred Harp Singing]" ''Southern Spaces'' {{ISSN|1551-2754}}
*Sacred Harp in Hoboken: [http://www.valdosta.edu/library/find/arch/folklife/findingaid/sacredharp.html radio programs], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426021106/http://informationfarm.blogspot.com/2010/08/sacred-harp-of-hoboken-ga.html video documentary]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111012184411/http://twinoakspark.com/index.html Twin Oaks Park]

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