Editing Reidsville, Georgia

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'''Reidsville''' is a city in, and county seat of, [[Tattnall County, Georgia|Tattnall County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<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> The population was 2,515 in 2020. The [[Georgia State Prison]] is near Reidsville.

==History==
Reidsville was founded in about 1828 and was designated county seat of Tattnall County in 1832 by the Georgia General Assembly. It was incorporated as a town in 1838 and as a city in 1905.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA243 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=243| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref> The city was named after [[Robert R. Reid]], territorial governor of [[Florida]].<ref>
{{Cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=8165|title=Profile for Reidsville, Georgia|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=2010-06-14}}</ref>

Reidsville is home to the [[Nelson Hotel Bed & Breakfast]].

During the events of [[World War II]], Reidsville was the home to at least one, though some reports suggest two, prisoner of war camps for captured Nazi personnel. The prison camp's location has largely been lost to time, but is believed to have stood near the current location of a gas station/self-storage company, near the fringes of the city. Archaeological research into the area has turned up a number of German artifacts, though with the development and addition of a number of houses, it is not clear if this was the location of the camp, or one of the many onion fields in which the prisoners worked.

==Geography==
Reidsville is located at {{Coord|32|5|2|N|82|7|15|W|type:city}} (32.083970, -82.120697).<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|7.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|7.7|sqmi|km2}} are land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} (0.39%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 106
|1900= 257
|1910= 454
|1920= 553
|1930= 631
|1940= 805
|1950= 1266
|1960= 1229
|1970= 1806
|1980= 2296
|1990= 2469
|2000= 2235
|2010= 4944
|2020= 2515
|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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{| class="wikitable"
|+Reidsville racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1364512&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,184
|47.08%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,022
|40.64%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|4
|0.16%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|36
|1.43%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|2
|0.08%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|80
|3.18%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|187
|7.44%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,515 people, 1,189 households, and 694 families residing in the city.

==Government and infrastructure==
[[File:Reidsville Post Office.jpg|thumb|Reidsville Post Office]]
The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Reidsville Post Office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/reidsville-111-james-st-reidsville-ga-1379057 Post Office Location - REIDSVILLE]." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on September 14, 2010.</ref>

The [[Georgia Department of Corrections]] operates the [[Georgia State Prison]] in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Tattnall County, Georgia|Tattnall County]], near Reidsville.<ref>"[http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/html/ga_state_prison.html Georgia State Prison] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305012557/http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/html/ga_state_prison.html |date=2008-03-05 }}." [[Georgia Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on September 14, 2010.</ref>

==Education==

=== Tattnall County School District ===
The [[Tattnall County School District]] holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of three elementary schools, two middle schools, and a high school.<ref>[http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=732&T=0&FY=2008 Georgia Board of Education], Retrieved June 26, 2010.</ref> The district has 201 full-time teachers and over 3,305 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/TATTNALL/TATTNALL_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 26, 2010.</ref>

Schools in Reidsville:
*Reidsville Elementary School
*North Tattnall Middle School

Nearby [[Tattnall County High School]] serves the city.

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File:Reidsville Middle School.jpg|North Tattnall Middle School
File:Reidsville Elementary School.jpg|Reidsville Elementary School
</gallery>

==Notable people==
*[[James Kicklighter]] - film director, attended Reidsville Elementary School and Reidsville Middle School, before graduating from Tattnall County High School.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jonathan |first=Mullis |title=Reflecting On A Personal Idol, Steve Jobs (2011) {{!}} Director James Kicklighter |url=https://www.jameskicklighter.com/reflecting-on-steve-jobs |access-date=2022-03-30 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Culture |first=Jim Farmer |date=2021-05-20 |title=Georgia Native Details Transgender Opera Singer in New Film |url=https://thegavoice.com/culture/georgia-native-details-transgender-opera-singer-in-new-film/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Georgia Voice - Gay & LGBT Atlanta News |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Lena Baker]] - first and only woman to be executed by the electric chair in Georgia was executed in [[Georgia State Prison]], Reidsville
*[[Linton McGee Collins]] - jurist{{citation needed|date=September 2010}}
*[[Emma Gresham]] - was an American teacher and politician who was mayor of [[Keysville, Georgia]].
*[[Jack Hill (politician)]] - was an American politician. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he represented [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]'s 4th District in the [[Georgia State Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Hill|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/7806/jack-hill|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 27, 2015}}</ref>

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