Editing McDuffie County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = McDuffie County
 | state                = Georgia
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = {{start date and age|1870}}
 | seat wl              = Thomson
 | largest city wl      = Thomson
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 266
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 257
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 8.9
 | area percentage      = 3.4%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 21632
 | density_sq_mi        = 84
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | web                  = http://www.thomson-mcduffie.gov/
 | district             = 10th
 | named for            = [[George McDuffie]]
 | ex image             = McDuffie County Courthouse, Thomson, GA.jpg
 | ex image cap         = McDuffie County Courthouse in Thomson
}}

'''McDuffie County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 21,632.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: McDuffie County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/McDuffie_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13189|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 27, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Thomson, Georgia|Thomson]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |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=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The county was created on October 18, 1870<ref>[http://georgia.gov/cities-counties/mcduffie-county Georgia.gov's McDuffie County Overview]</ref> and named after the [[South Carolina]] governor and senator [[George McDuffie]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA194|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=194}}</ref>

McDuffie County is part of the [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta-Richmond County]], GA-[[South Carolina|SC]] [[Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==History==
Most communities located in the county were founded before the county was created. Some have faded into obscurity. The Historic Wrightsborough Foundation preserves the memory of the early 12,000 acre settlement of Wrightborough, which was occupied 1768 to 1920.<ref>[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/wrightsborough Georgia Encyclopedia: Wrightsborough], accessed October 2017.</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|266|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|257|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|8.9|sqmi}} (3.4%) is water.<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=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Most of the southern half of McDuffie County, south of [[Thomson, Georgia|Thomson]], is located in the [[Brier Creek (Savannah River)|Brier Creek]] sub-basin of the [[Savannah River]] basin, except for a slice of the eastern portion of the county, north of [[Dearing, Georgia|Dearing]] and along a north–south line running through Boneville, which is located in the Middle [[Savannah River]] sub-basin of the Savannah River basin. The northern half of McDuffie County, north of Thomson, is located in the [[Little River (Columbia County, Georgia)|Little River]] sub-basin of the same Savannah River basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 19, 2015}}</ref>

===Major highways===
* {{jct|state=GA|I|20|SR|402|location1=SR&nbsp;402 is the [[Unsigned highway|unsigned]] designation for I-20}}
* {{jct|state=GA|US|78|SR|10}}
* {{jct|state=GA|US|221|SR|47}}
* {{jct|state=GA|US|278}}
* {{jct|state=GA|SR|12}}
* {{jct|state=GA|SR|17}}
** {{jct|state=GA|SR-Byp|17|dab1=Thomson|name1=Thomson}}
* {{jct|state=GA|SR|43}}
* {{jct|state=GA|SR|150}}
* {{jct|state=GA|SR|223}}

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Lincoln County, Georgia|Lincoln County]] (northeast)
* [[Columbia County, Georgia|Columbia County]] (east)
* [[Richmond County, Georgia|Richmond County]] (southeast)
* [[Jefferson County, Georgia|Jefferson County]] (south)
* [[Warren County, Georgia|Warren County]] (west)
* [[Wilkes County, Georgia|Wilkes County]] (northwest)

==Communities==
===City===
* [[Thomson, Georgia|Thomson]] (county seat)

===Town===
* [[Dearing, Georgia|Dearing]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Autney, Georgia|Autney]]
* [[Boneville, Georgia|Boneville]]
* [[Cobbham, Georgia|Cobbham]]
* [[Cobbham Crossroads, Georgia|Cobbham Crossroads]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 9449
|1890= 8789
|1900= 9804
|1910= 10325
|1920= 11509
|1930= 9014
|1940= 10878
|1950= 11443
|1960= 12627
|1970= 15276
|1980= 18546
|1990= 20119
|2000= 21231
|2010= 21875
|2020= 21632
|estyear=2023
|estimate=21799
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
|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 Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br>1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 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><br> 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=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<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><br> 1940-1950<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> 1960-1980<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><br> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 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="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13189.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607131452/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13189.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+McDuffie County racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13189&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 15, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|11,417
|52.78%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|8,644
|39.96%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|45
|0.21%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|76
|0.35%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|13
|0.06%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|647
|2.99%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|790
|3.65%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 21,632 people, 8,153 households, and 5,770 families residing in the county.

==Education==
{{Main|Thomson, Georgia#Education}}

==Politics==
Typical of many counties in Georgia and the [[Solid South]], McDuffie County mainly backed candidates of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in presidential elections by wide margins prior to 1964. There were several exceptions to this, firstly between 1892 and 1908 when it supported Republican [[William McKinley]] and the [[Populist Party (United States)|Populist]] candidacies of [[James B. Weaver]] and [[favorite son]] [[Thomas E. Watson]].<ref>Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', p. 169 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> 
{{PresHead|place=McDuffie County, Georgia|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|6,562|3,937|83|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|6,169|4,168|119|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,432|3,699|191|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,475|4,044|86|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|5,400|3,989|66|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,846|2,899|35|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,926|2,580|44|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,254|2,725|406|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|2,955|2,640|873|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,231|1,704|33|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,284|2,006|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,928|2,667|88|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,694|3,024|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,990|996|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,324|992|1,709|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|2,657|1,124|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,039|1,079|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|649|1,039|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|933|1,172|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|58|182|1,260|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|187|795|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|75|959|7|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|98|705|6|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|29|568|7|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|381|304|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|37|267|256|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|109|382|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|70|466|65|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|9|271|106|Georgia}}

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
* [[Central Savannah River Area]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in McDuffie County, Georgia]]
*[[List of counties in Georgia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.thomson-mcduffie.com Official website]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = McDuffie County, Georgia
|North     =
|Northeast = [[Lincoln County, Georgia|Lincoln County]]
|East      = [[Columbia County, Georgia|Columbia County]]
|Southeast = [[Richmond County, Georgia|Richmond County]]
|South     = [[Jefferson County, Georgia|Jefferson County]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Warren County, Georgia|Warren County]]
|Northwest = [[Wilkes County, Georgia|Wilkes County]]
}}

{{McDuffie County, Georgia}}
{{Central Savannah River Area}}
{{Colleges and universities in the Central Savannah River Area}}
{{Georgia (U.S. state)}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Coord|33.48|-82.48|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}

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