Editing Irwinton, Georgia

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'''Irwinton''' is a city in [[Wilkinson County, Georgia|Wilkinson County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 531 in 2020. The city is the [[county seat]] of Wilkinson County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref>

==History==
Irwinton was founded in 1811 as the seat of Wilkinson County.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/i.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=117 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> The community was named for Governor [[Jared Irwin]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n155 166]}}</ref> Irwinton was incorporated as a town in 1816 and as a city in 1904.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA233 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=233| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref>

==Geography==
Irwinton is located at {{coord|32|48|43|N|83|10|36|W|type:city}} (32.812075, -83.176800).<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> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.15|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 241
|1880= 264
|1900= 227
|1910= 249
|1920= 379
|1930= 561
|1940= 589
|1950= 700
|1960= 673
|1970= 757
|1980= 841
|1990= 641
|2000= 587
|2010= 589
|2020= 531
|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"
|+Irwinton racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1341400&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|183
|34.46%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|278
|52.35%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|7
|1.32%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|3
|0.56%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|23
|4.33%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|37
|6.97%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 531 people, 166 households, and 113 families residing in the city.

== Education ==

=== Wilkinson County School District ===
The [[Wilkinson County School District (Georgia)|Wilkinson County School District]] holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=758&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 30, 2010.</ref> The district has 117 full-time teachers and over 1,737 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/WILKINSON/WILKINSON_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 30, 2010.</ref>
*Wilkinson County Elementary School
*Wilkinson County Primary School
*Wilkinson County Middle School
*[[Wilkinson County School District (Georgia)|Wilkinson County High School]]

==Notable people==
* [[G. Harrold Carswell]], unsuccessful nominee to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]
* [[Bud Dupree]], outside linebacker for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers
* [[Tylan Grable]], New NFL player offensive tackle
* [[LaRoche Jackson]], former defensive back player
* [[Travis Jones (American football coach)|Travis Jones]], former assistant Coach of NFL, former football player
* [[Julian Robert Lindsey]], [[United States Army]] [[Major general (United States)|Major General]]<ref>[http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=17836 Valor Awards for Julian Robert Lindsey]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160804085515/http://www.cityofirwinton.org/home.html Irwinton website]

{{Wilkinson County, Georgia}}
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[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Wilkinson County, Georgia]]
[[Category:County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)]]