Editing Oconee, Georgia

{{Distinguish|Oconee County, Georgia}}
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'''Oconee''' is a city in [[Washington County, Georgia|Washington County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 197 in 2020.

==History==
The city's name derives from the [[Oconee (tribal town)|Oconee]], a [[Mikasuki language|Hitchiti]]-speaking tribe who inhabited central Georgia from 1692 until 1715. The Oconee lived in present-day [[Baldwin County, Georgia]] at a settlement known as Oconee Old Town, later moving to the [[Chattahoochee River]] in the early 18th century. The name exists in several variations, including Ocone, Oconi, Ocony, and Ekwoni.<ref>{{cite book |last= Krakow|first= Kenneth K. |date= 1999 |title= Georgia Place-names|url= http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/o.pdf | location= Macon, GA. |publisher= Winship Press |pages= 163–164|isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

The city of Oconee was named after the river that bears the tribe's name. It was founded in the early 1840s, when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref name="Names">{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/o.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=162 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Oconee as a town in 1876.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iiI4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA151|year=1876|publisher=J. Johnston|page=151}}</ref>

==Notable natives==
* [[Gordy family|Berry Gordy Sr.]] and wife, Bertha Fuller Gordy, the parents of legendary music producer and Motown founder [[Berry Gordy Jr.]], left Oconee in 1922.

==Geography==

Oconee is located at {{Coord|32|51|23|N|82|57|16|W|type:city}} (32.856310, -82.954316).<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> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 262
|1980= 306
|1990= 234
|2000= 280
|2010= 252
|2020= 197
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 280 people, 94 households, and 67 families living in the city. By 2020, its population was 197.

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
*[[Central Savannah River Area]]

==References==
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{{Washington County, Georgia}}
{{Central Savannah River Area}}

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[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Washington County, Georgia]]