Editing Pitts, Georgia

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'''Pitts''' is a city in [[Wilcox County, Georgia|Wilcox County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. Per the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 252.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pitts city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1361544|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==

Pitts is located at {{coord|31|56|43|N|83|32|24|W|type:city}} (31.945270, -83.540004).<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|0.8|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

== History ==
The community which later became Pitts began as a settlement in the area of the home of Lyston Clyde Peebles Sr., two miles east of the Alapaha River. Brock Owens and Ashley J. Pitts operated the first store there in the mid-1880s. Pitts was called Kings' Crossing at the time. When application was made for a post office, the Postmaster General preferred a shorter name. J.A. King suggested the name Pitts, in honor of his son-in-law, Ashley J. Pitts. The name was accepted, and the post office was established on 1 November 1888 with Pitts as postmaster.

The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Pitts as a town in 1905.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eHy7q4S7wL8C&pg=PA1045|year=1905|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=1045}}</ref>

On April 20, 1921, various people throughout southwest and south-central Georgia observed a meteor trail across the sky which culminated in an explosion and impact at a minimum of four spots slightly north of Pitts.  Three fragments of the meteorite were recovered, one falling within a few feet of a child playing outside. It was classified as an iron meteorite.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Georgia&sfor=places&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&code=18837|title=Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Pitts}}</ref>  The largest recovered fragment weighed 3.76 kilograms and is currently housed in the Smithsonian Institution Collection.  The other fragments remain in private collections. Local accounts and fragments were collected and documented in the Geological Survey of Georgia Bulletin, Issue 29.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bulletin - Geological Survey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBIMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA141|year=1922|publisher=Geological Survey.|page=141}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 279
|1920= 352
|1930= 364
|1940= 371
|1950= 397
|1960= 388
|1970= 345
|1980= 384
|1990= 214
|2000= 308
|2010= 320
|2020= 252
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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 Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Pitts city, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Pitts city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1361544&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Pitts city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1361544&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|241
|192
|75.31%
|76.19%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|75
|54
|23.44%
|21.43%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|0.31%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH) alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1
|0
|0.31%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2
|6
|0.63%
|2.38%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''320'''
|'''252'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
In 2020, the population was 252, down from 320 in 2010.

== Education ==
The [[Wilcox County School District (Georgia)|Wilcox County School District]] holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=756&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 30, 2010.</ref> The district has 90 full-time teachers and over 1,439 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/WILCOX/WILCOX_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 30, 2010.</ref>

The schools, located in Rochelle, are:
*Wilcox County Elementary School
*Wilcox County Middle School
*[[Wilcox County High School]]

==References==
{{Portal|State of Georgia|Schools}}
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{{Wilcox County, Georgia}}

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