Editing Kingsland, Georgia

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{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Kingsland, Georgia
|settlement_type          = [[List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)|City]]
|official_name            = City of Kingsland
|motto                    = "The City of Royal Treatment" 
|image_skyline            = KingslandGAMO.png
|image_caption            = Clockwise from top: [[Kingsland Commercial Historic District]], Kingsland City Hall, municipal water tower, Lone Sailor statue at Veterans' Park
|image_seal               = Seal of Kingsland, Georgia.png
|image_blank_emblem       = Logo of Kingsland, Georgia.png
|blank_emblem_type        = Logo
|image_map                = Camden_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Kingsland_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Camden County, Georgia|Camden County]] and the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|pushpin_map              = Georgia (U.S. state)#USA#North America
|pushpin_label            = Kingsland
|pushpin_relief           = yes
|pushpin_label_position   = left
|pushpin_map_caption      = Location in Georgia
|coordinates              = {{coord|30|47|41|N|81|40|18|W|region:US-GA_type:city|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = {{flag|United States}}
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)}}
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Georgia (U.S. state)|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Camden County, Georgia|Camden]] 
|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         = 1894
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = 1908
|named_for                = William Henry King
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_total_km2           = 116.43
|area_land_km2            = 115.87
|area_water_km2           = 0.56
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 18337
|population_density_km2   = 158.26
|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|elevation_m              = 11
|elevation_ft             = 36
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
|postal_code              = 31548
|area_code                = [[Area code 912|912]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 13-43640<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0316462<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
|website                  = https://www.kingslandgeorgia.com/
|pop_est_as_of = 
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|population_est = 
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_13.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=December 18, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi = 44.95
|area_land_sq_mi = 44.74
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.22
|population_density_sq_mi = 409.88
|population_footnotes = 
}}
'''Kingsland''' is a city in [[Camden County, Georgia|Camden County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 18,337 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], up from 15,946 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the [[Camden County, Georgia|Kingsland, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area]]. As Kingsland is 3 miles from the Florida-Georgia border and 32 miles from [[Jacksonville, FL|Jacksonville]], it is also a principal city of the Jacksonville—Kingsland—[[Palatka, Florida|Palatka]], [[Florida]]—Georgia [[Combined statistical area|Combined Statistical Area]].

The [[Kingsland Commercial Historic District]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on March 17, 1994. It includes the area surrounding South Lee Street between King Street and William Street. It hosts an annual Catfish Festival on [[Labor Day]] weekend and is the location where the fan series [[Star Trek Continues]] was filmed.

==History==
Kingsland was [[plat]]ted in 1894 when the railroad was extended to that point, and named after William Henry King, the original owner of the site.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/k.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=125 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>
[[File:William_Henry_King_resting_plot,_Saint_Mary’s,_Georgia.jpg|thumb|William Henry King gravesite, Oak Grove Cemetery, Saint Mary's, Georgia.]]

==Geography==
Kingsland is in southernmost Camden County at {{coord|30|47|41|N|81|40|18|W|type:city}} (30.794612, -81.671720),<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> just north of the [[Florida]] line. It is bordered by [[St. Marys, Georgia|St. Marys]] to the east. [[Interstate 95]] runs through the eastern part of the city, with access from three exits. [[U.S. Route 17 in Georgia|U.S. Route 17]], an older highway running parallel to I-95, passes through the center of Kingsland. [[Jacksonville, Florida]], is {{convert|36|mi}} to the south, and [[Brunswick, Georgia|Brunswick]] is {{convert|34|mi}} to the north.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], recent annexations by the city of large tracts of land have resulted in a total area of {{convert|116.5|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|110.7|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|5.8|km2|disp=flip}}, or 4.99%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1343640| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212175256/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1343640| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Kingsland city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=July 17, 2014}}</ref> This recent growth makes Kingsland Georgia's 12th-largest city by land mass.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0400000US13.16000| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212163213/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0400000US13.16000| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): All Places within Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=July 17, 2014}}</ref>

=== Climate ===
Kingsland experiences a [[humid subtropical climate]] with hot, humid summers and mild winters.
{{Weather box
|location = Kingsland, Georgia 
|single line = Y
|Jan high F = 63
|Feb high F = 66
|Mar high F = 73
|Apr high F = 79
|May high F = 84
|Jun high F = 89
|Jul high F = 91
|Aug high F = 90
|Sep high F = 86
|Oct high F = 80
|Nov high F = 72
|Dec high F = 66
|Jan low F = 37
|Feb low F = 40
|Mar low F = 46
|Apr low F = 53
|May low F = 60
|Jun low F = 68
|Jul low F = 71
|Aug low F = 71
|Sep low F = 67
|Oct low F = 56
|Nov low F = 47
|Dec low F = 41
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain inch = 2.86
|Feb rain inch = 2.44
|Mar rain inch = 1.65
|Apr rain inch = 5.67
|May rain inch = 1.07
|Jun rain inch = 4.47
|Jul rain inch = 6.26
|Aug rain inch = 9.13
|Sep rain inch = 6.19
|Oct rain inch = 1.11
|Nov rain inch = 3.94
|Dec rain inch = 1.93
|Jan rain days = 6
|Feb rain days = 6
|Mar rain days = 6
|Apr rain days = 5
|May rain days = 5
|Jun rain days = 10
|Jul rain days = 10
|Aug rain days = 12
|Sep rain days = 9
|Oct rain days = 6
|Nov rain days = 3
|Dec rain days = 5
|Jan humidity = 82.3
|Feb humidity = 77.2
|Mar humidity = 84.2
|Apr humidity = 83.6
|May humidity = 78.1
|Jun humidity = 80.4
|Jul humidity = 83.7
|Aug humidity = 84.9
|Sep humidity = 89.2
|Oct humidity = 86.6
|Nov humidity = 89.4
|Dec humidity = 88.2
|source 1 = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KGAKINGS3#history/s20151201/e20160101/mmonth |title=TractorMan, Peeples Rd Kingsland GA|publisher = WeatherUnderground|access-date=July 13, 2016}}</ref>
|source 2 = NOAA<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Kingsland&state=GA&site=JAX&textField1=30.7913&textField2=-81.6631&e=0#.XM-WfmllCdM|title=National Weather Service|access-date=May 5, 2019}}</ref>}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 190
|1920= 296
|1930= 444
|1940= 619
|1950= 1169
|1960= 1536
|1970= 1831
|1980= 2008
|1990= 4699
|2000= 10506
|2010= 15946
|2020= 18337
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|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>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Kingsland racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1343640&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|11,128
|60.69%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|4,092
|22.32%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|67
|0.37%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|423
|2.31%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|24
|0.13%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|1,268
|6.91%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|1,335
|7.28%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 18,337 people, 6,118 households, and 4,546 families residing in the city.

== Education ==

=== Higher education ===
*[[College of Coastal Georgia]]

=== Secondary ===
*[[Camden County High School (Kingsland, Georgia)|Camden County High School]]

=== Primary ===
*Camden County Middle School
*Kingsland Elementary School
*Matilda Harris Elementary School
*David L. Rainer Elementary School
*Mamie Lou Gross Elementary School
*Crooked River Elementary School

=== Private schools ===
*Coastal Academy
*New Hope Christian Academy

==See also==
* [[Interstate 95 in Georgia]]
* [[College of Coastal Georgia]]
* [[Georgia State Route 40]]
* [[Kingsland Commercial Historic District]]
* [[Atlantic, Waycross and Northern Railroad]]
* [[List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Georgia]]
* [[WKBX]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite magazine|last=Rodriguez|first=Ismael Jr.|date=September 2021|title=Riding for Charity|magazine=VFW Magazine|volume=109|number=1|location=Kansas City, Mo.|publisher=[[Veterans of Foreign Wars|Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States]]|page=50|issn=0161-8598|quote=A VFW Post and its Auxiliary in Georgia held their annual charity motorcycle run earlier this year. It raised $6,600 for the VA's Homeless Veterans Project.}}

==External links==
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