Editing Millen, Georgia

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'''Millen''' is a city, and the county seat of [[Jenkins County, Georgia|Jenkins County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 3,120 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1351520| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Millen city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=May 4, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213094231/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1351520| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> down from 3,492 at the 2000 census.

The city is intersected by [[U.S. Route 25 in Georgia|U.S. Route 25]] and [[Georgia State Route 17|State Route 17]].<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}}</ref>

==History==

Millen was first settled in 1835 along the border of what was then [[Burke County, Georgia|Burke]] and [[Screven County, Georgia|Screven]] counties. It was originally named "79" due to its approximate distance in miles from the coastal city of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]].<ref name="newgaencyclo">{{cite web| url= http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2929 | title= Millen| publisher=[[New Georgia Encyclopedia]]| access-date=2010-08-16}}</ref> Planters cultivated cotton as a commodity crop.

In 1854, the [[Central of Georgia Railway]] and the [[Georgia Railroad]] connected at 79. The town became known as "Millen's Junction" after McPherson B. Millen, the superintendent of the Central of Georgia Railway.<ref name="newgaencyclo"/>

During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], a site for a [[prisoner-of-war camp]] to house [[Union Army|Union soldiers]] was chosen about five miles from Millen's Junction.<ref name=":0" /> [[Camp Lawton (Georgia)|Camp Lawton]] included a hospital, fort and officer housing and had about 8,600 prisoners confined there on 14 November 1864, according to a detailed camp map made by a former prisoner.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Knox|first=Sneden, Robert|title=English: Concerns a Confederate prison camp for Northern soldiers that was brand new in October 1864 when Sneden was transferred from Savannah, Ga., back inland to Camp Lawton at Millen, Ga. Sneden shows the 44-acre stockade and then the immediate area outside of the stockade where there was a Confederate camp, fort, hospital, and log residences for the Confederate officers. Also, depicted is a tent next to the house of the surgeon, Isaiah White, who parolled Sneden at Camp Lawton and made him an assistant. This tent is marked as "R.K.S. tent." Additional Information- Top hand written line at top of map (in faded blue ink) says, "Unknown - 491 were buried in a trench near the R Road 2000 yards from Stockade" and the second line below says, "450 were buried in 2 trenches near Hospitals" and below that line (to the right) it says, "450 Prisoners here buried"|date=1864-11-14|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Camp_Lawton%22_at_Millen,_Georgia_-_about_8,600_prisoners_confined_here_14th_November_1864._LOC_gvhs01.vhs00054_(cropped).tif|access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref> It was built in what is today [[Magnolia Springs State Park]], because the location was favorable due to the springs providing potable water and its proximity to the [[Augusta and Savannah Railroad]]. On December 3, 1864,<ref name="newgaencyclo"/> [[Sherman's March to the Sea]] passed through Millen. Prior to the arrival of Union forces, Confederate soldiers evacuated the Camp Lawton prisoners to Savannah. The Union soldiers destroyed Millen's Junction after finding the prison camp and to avoid use of the railway junction.<ref name="newgaencyclo"/>

The town was rebuilt after the war. In 1881, the city of Millen was incorporated by an act of the [[Georgia State Legislature]], becoming the county seat of the newly created Jenkins County in 1905.<ref name="newgaencyclo"/> The summer of 1919 was called the [[Red Summer]] due to a number of race riots throughout America. Millen did not escape this and white mobs burned down and killed a number of people in Millen during the [[Jenkins County, Georgia, riot of 1919]].

The [[Downtown Millen Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1996. The county is largely rural and agricultural.

==Geography==
Millen is the only incorporated municipality in Jenkins County. It is located on the east side of the [[Ogeechee River]]. [[U.S. Route 25]] passes through the west side of the city, leading north {{convert|20|mi|km}} to [[Waynesboro, Georgia|Waynesboro]] and south {{convert|29|mi|km}} to [[Statesboro, Georgia|Statesboro]]. [[Georgia State Route 17]] passes through the center of the city, entering from the west as Winthrope Avenue and leaving to the south as Masonic Street. SR-17 leads northwest {{convert|35|mi|km}} to [[Louisville, Georgia|Louisville]] and southeast {{Convert|77|mi|km}} to [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]]. [[Georgia State Route 21|State Route 21]] bypasses Millen to the northeast, ending at US 25 at the northern city limit. SR-21 leads east {{convert|20|mi|km}} to [[Sylvania, Georgia|Sylvania]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Millen has a total area of {{convert|9.3|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.06|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.67%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 411
|1910= 2030
|1920= 2405
|1930= 2527
|1940= 2820
|1950= 3449
|1960= 3633
|1970= 3713
|1980= 3988
|1990= 3808
|2000= 3492
|2010= 3120
|2020= 2966
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|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>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Millen racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1351520&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-14|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|999
|33.68%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,773
|59.78%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|7
|0.24%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|8
|0.27%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|3
|0.1%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|73
|2.46%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|103
|3.47%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,966 people, 1,113 households, and 563 families residing in the city.

== Education ==

=== Jenkins County School District ===
The [[Jenkins County School District]] holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=682&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 20, 2010.</ref> The district has 119 full-time teachers and over 1,754 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/JENKINS/JENKINS_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 20, 2010.</ref>
*Jenkins County Elementary School
*Jenkins County Middle School
*[[Jenkins County High School]]

==Notable people==
* [[Jim Busby]], [[Major League Baseball]] player who retired to Millen after his coaching career was over.<ref>[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-07-11-1996193046-story.html Jim Busby, Oriole and Senator in 1950s, dies in Georgia at 69 He was among AL's best as fielder, base stealer]</ref>
* [[Nathan Deal]], 82nd [[governor of Georgia]], born in Millen
* [[Melvin E. Thompson]], 70th governor of Georgia, born in Millen<ref>{{cite book |title=The Almanac of American Politics 2000 |url=https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00 |url-access=registration |last1=Barone |first1=Michael |last2=Ujifusa |first2=Grant |publisher=National Journal Group Inc. |year= 1999 |page=[https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00/page/483 483] }}</ref>
* [[Kountry Wayne]], comedian, TV & film actor, social media influencer, and content creator born and raised in Millen.

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
* [[Camp Lawton (Georgia)]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Jenkins County, Georgia]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Millen, Georgia}} 
* [http://www.themillennews.com/ ''The Millen News''], the city's weekly newspaper

{{Jenkins County, Georgia}}
{{Central Savannah River Area}}
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[[Category:Cities in Jenkins County, Georgia]]
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