Editing Kite, Georgia

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'''Kite''' is a city in [[Johnson County, Georgia]], United States, along the [[Little Ohoopee River]]. The population was 160 in 2020.

==History==
The town was named after Shaderick Kight, who donated the land to build the town.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=76|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=72}}</ref> He requested the simpler spelling of the name for more efficient mail delivery and processing.<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=126 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Kite in 1891.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/kite | title=Kite | publisher=GeorgiaGov | accessdate=1 July 2019}}</ref>

==Geography==

Kite is located in eastern Johnson County at {{coord|32|41|29|N|82|30|55|W|type:city}} (32.691472, -82.515378).<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 221]] passes through the center of town as Montgomery Street, leading north {{convert|14|mi}} to [[Bartow, Georgia|Bartow]] and south {{convert|25|mi}} to [[Soperton, Georgia|Soperton]]. [[Georgia State Route 57]] (Kight Road) crosses US 221 in the center of Kite, leading west {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Wrightsville, Georgia|Wrightsville]], the Johnson [[county seat]], and southeast {{convert|13|mi}} to [[Swainsboro, Georgia|Swainsboro]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Kite has a total area of {{convert|2.1|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqkm|order=flip|3}}, or 0.63%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Kite city, Georgia |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1343892 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213103230/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1343892 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |accessdate=May 8, 2018 |work=American Factfinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Kite, Georgia, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 2004&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 81
|Feb record high F = 83
|Mar record high F = 91
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 101
|Jun record high F = 105
|Jul record high F = 109
|Aug record high F = 105
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F = 101
|Nov record high F = 86
|Dec record high F = 82

|Jan avg record high F = 74.3
|Feb avg record high F = 78.3
|Mar avg record high F = 84.5
|Apr avg record high F = 89.1
|May avg record high F = 94.4
|Jun avg record high F = 99.0
|Jul avg record high F = 99.8
|Aug avg record high F = 99.1
|Sep avg record high F = 95.9
|Oct avg record high F = 90.1
|Nov avg record high F = 82.6
|Dec avg record high F = 78.0
|year avg record high F = 101.0

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =57.8
| Feb high F  =61.6
| Mar high F  =69.0
| Apr high F  =76.8
| May high F  =83.9
| Jun high F  =90.4
| Jul high F  =92.7
| Aug high F  =91.2
| Sep high F  =87.0
| Oct high F  =77.9
| Nov high F  =67.7
| Dec high F  =59.6
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =46.2
| Feb mean F  =49.1
| Mar mean F  =55.8
| Apr mean F  =63.1
| May mean F  =71.0
| Jun mean F  =78.5
| Jul mean F  =81.3
| Aug mean F  =80.1
| Sep mean F  =75.0
| Oct mean F  =65.0
| Nov mean F  =54.5
| Dec mean F  =48.0
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =34.7
| Feb low F  =36.7
| Mar low F  =42.6
| Apr low F  =49.4
| May low F  =58.0
| Jun low F  =66.5
| Jul low F  =69.9
| Aug low F  =68.9
| Sep low F  =63.0
| Oct low F  =52.1
| Nov low F  =41.3
| Dec low F  =36.4

|Jan avg record low F = 17.9
|Feb avg record low F = 21.1
|Mar avg record low F = 25.8
|Apr avg record low F = 33.2
|May avg record low F = 42.3
|Jun avg record low F = 57.1
|Jul avg record low F = 61.2
|Aug avg record low F = 61.0
|Sep avg record low F = 50.1
|Oct avg record low F = 34.7
|Nov avg record low F = 24.3
|Dec avg record low F = 22.0
|year avg record low F = 16.1

|Jan record low F = 10
|Feb record low F = 14
|Mar record low F = 21
|Apr record low F = 24
|May record low F = 36
|Jun record low F = 51
|Jul record low F = 55
|Aug record low F = 56
|Sep record low F = 42
|Oct record low F = 28
|Nov record low F = 14
|Dec record low F = 12

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =4.26
| Feb precipitation inch  =4.06
| Mar precipitation inch  =4.44
| Apr precipitation inch  =3.44
| May precipitation inch  =3.16
| Jun precipitation inch  =5.29
| Jul precipitation inch  =4.95
| Aug precipitation inch  =4.98
| Sep precipitation inch  =4.03
| Oct precipitation inch  =2.92
| Nov precipitation inch  =3.11
| Dec precipitation inch  =4.33

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 9.1
|Feb precipitation days = 8.8
|Mar precipitation days = 7.8
|Apr precipitation days = 7.5
|May precipitation days = 7.8
|Jun precipitation days = 8.4
|Jul precipitation days = 10.6
|Aug precipitation days = 10.8
|Sep precipitation days = 7.6
|Oct precipitation days = 5.2
|Nov precipitation days = 6.8
|Dec precipitation days = 10.6
|year precipitation days = 101.0

|Jan snow inch = 0.0
|Feb snow inch = 0.2
|Mar snow inch = 0.0
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.0
|Dec snow inch = 0.0
|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.1
|Feb snow days = 0.1
|Mar snow days = 0.0
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.1

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00094862&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Kite, GA
|access-date = February 27, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima, precip days, snow/snow days 2006&ndash;2020)<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=ffc
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Atlanta
|access-date = February 27, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 156
|1910= 241
|1920= 344
|1930= 433
|1940= 472
|1950= 447
|1960= 424
|1970= 336
|1980= 328
|1990= 297
|2000= 241
|2010= 241
|2020= 160
|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>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 241 people, 108 households, and 68 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population declined to 160.

==References==
<references />

==External links==
*[http://kite.georgia.gov/ Official Site]
{{Johnson County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Cities in Johnson County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Dublin, Georgia micropolitan area]]