Editing Pearson, Georgia

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| motto              = Visit for a day, or stay for a lifetime
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| postal_code        = 31642
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'''Pearson''' is a city in [[Atkinson County, Georgia|Atkinson County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 1,821 in 2020.<ref name="GR2" /> The city is the [[county seat]] of Atkinson County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |accessdate=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archivedate=May 31, 2011 }}</ref>

==History==
Pearson was founded in 1875 as a depot on the [[Brunswick and Western Railroad]]. It was incorporated as a town in 1890 and in 1916 as a city.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA242 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | accessdate=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=242| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref> The community was named after Benajah Pearson, a veteran of the [[Second Seminole War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/courthouses/atkinsonCH.htm|title = Counties}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ourgeorgiahistory.com/ogh/Atkinson_County,_Georgia | title=Atkinson County, Georgia | publisher=Our Georgia History | accessdate=6 December 2013}}</ref>

==Geography==
Pearson is located at {{coord|31|17|54|N|82|51|10|W|type:city}} (31.298368, -82.852827), within [[Southeast Georgia]].<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> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|8.7|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 0.28%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pearson city, Georgia |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1359808 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212180025/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1359808 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |accessdate=May 6, 2013 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 336
|1910= 558
|1920= 792
|1930= 712
|1940= 1057
|1950= 1402
|1960= 1615
|1970= 1700
|1980= 1827
|1990= 1714
|2000= 1805
|2010= 2117
|2020= 1821
|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>
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Pearson racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1359808&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-14|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|533
|29.27%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|553
|30.37%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|4
|0.22%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|8
|0.44%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|2
|0.11%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|40
|2.2%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|681
|37.4%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,821 people, 674 households, and 426 families residing in the city.

== Education ==
Atkinson County students in K-12 grades are in the [[Atkinson County School District]], which consists of two elementary schools (each includes a pre-school program) and a high school.<ref>{{cite web|title=Schools in Atkinson County|url=http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=602&T=0&FY=2009|publisher=Georgia Board of Education|accessdate=9 October 2010}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The district has 102 full-time teachers and over 1,648 students as of 2010.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/ATKINSON/ATKINSON_COUNTY.html Free District Report], Retrieved May 29, 2010.</ref>
*Pearson Elementary School
*Willacoochee Elementary School
*Atkinson County Middle School
*[[Atkinson County High School]]

== Media ==
* [[WPNG (FM)|WPNG Radio Shine 101.9]]

==Notable people==
* [[Tyreek Hill]], NFL player, raised in Pearson

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/atkinson/salem-church Salem Church] historical marker

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