Editing Jacksonville, Georgia

{{For|the community in Towns County|Jacksonville, Towns County, Georgia}}
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'''Jacksonville''' is a city in [[Telfair County, Georgia|Telfair County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 111 in 2020.

==History==
Jacksonville was the original [[county seat]] of Telfair County. Land lot 340 in land district 8 was declared to be the permanent county seat in 1814. On November 25, 1815, the Georgia General Assembly declared that the new county seat be named Jacksonville after the hero of the recent [[Battle of New Orleans]], [[Andrew Jackson]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jacksonville |url=https://www.georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/jacksonville/ |access-date=December 18, 2024 |website=Georgia Historical Society}}</ref> At the time it was located in the center of the county, but when [[Coffee County, Georgia|Coffee County]] was created from the part of Telfair County below the [[Ocmulgee River]] in 1854, the town became near the southwestern boundary of the county. In 1856, a referendum was called for the change of the county seat. The results are unknown, but the county seat remained at Jacksonville until after the [[American Civil War]].

In 1871, the seat was transferred from Jacksonville to [[McRae, Georgia|McRae]], which had been established as a station on the [[Macon and Brunswick Railroad]] a year before.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA239 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | accessdate=November 30, 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=239| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref>

The world record largemouth bass was caught near Jacksonville on June 2, 1932, by George Perry.

==Geography==

Jacksonville is located at {{coord|31|48|48|N|82|58|31|W|type:city}} (31.813397, -82.975191).<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=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 119
|1870= 40
|1960= 236
|1970= 227
|1980= 206
|1990= 128
|2000= 118
|2010= 140
|2020= 111
|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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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 118 people, 49 households, and 32 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population was 111.

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

==References==
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{{Telfair County, Georgia}}
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[[Category:Towns in Telfair County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Towns in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Former county seats in Georgia (U.S. state)]]