Editing Roberta, Georgia

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'''Roberta''' is a city in [[Crawford County, Georgia|Crawford County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 1,007 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1365856| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212181528/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1365856| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Roberta city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=July 31, 2014}}</ref> It is part of the [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] [[Macon metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==History==

===Creek Agency===

In the early nineteenth century, [[Indian agent]] [[Benjamin Hawkins]] built his plantation on the [[Flint River (Georgia)|Flint River]] near Roberta. This was also a [[trading post]] and the [[Creek Agency]].

===New Knoxville===
Originally in Crawford County, Knoxville was the only stop in the county, until the [[Atlanta and Florida Railroad|A&F Railroad]] bypassed it by about a mile to the southwest when it was built in 1888. A train station was built, and a new town sprang up. People migrated towards this new town, called "New Knoxville."

Hiram David McCrary allowed the railroad to use part of his land, and was given naming rights to the town, which he named "Roberta" for his 7-year-old daughter.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/r.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=190 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> McCrary later became the owner of the first general store in Roberta, was its first elected mayor, co-owned its first motel, and served as tax collector and a railroad station agent.

In 1910, Roberta was incorporated as a city and was expanded in every direction by 1200 yards.

In 1949, the original train depot burned. It was replaced about a year later by a smaller concrete block building. A replica of the original depot was built in 2003 and currently houses the Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center.

===Rise and demise===
With the construction of the A&F Railroad and [[U.S. Highway 341]], Roberta became a rapidly growing tourist town, with restaurants and hotels springing up. However, in the 1940s, passenger rail service ended in Roberta, ending one of the two main traffic flows. A decade later, [[Interstate 75]] bypassed Roberta to the east, diverting much traffic. After these events, Roberta relaxed into a more small-town setting.<ref name="Knoxville & Roberta">{{cite web|last1=Powell|first1=Billy|title=History of Crawford County: Knoxville, and Roberta|url=http://www.thegagenweb.com/gacrawfo/Cities/robertaknoxville.htm|website=TheGagenWeb|access-date=November 18, 2014|ref=6}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:DowntownRoberaGeorgia.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown Roberta]]
Roberta is located near the center of Crawford County at {{coord|32|43|17|N|84|0|45|W|type:city}} (32.721283, -84.012512).<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> [[U.S. Route 80]] passes through the city, leading east {{convert|26|mi}} to [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] and west {{convert|69|mi}} to [[Columbus, Georgia|Columbus]]. [[U.S. Route 341]] crosses US 80 in the city center, leading north {{convert|27|mi}} to [[Barnesville, Georgia|Barnesville]] and southeast {{convert|27|mi}} to [[Perry, Georgia|Perry]].

The city is located roughly on the [[Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line|fall line]] of the eastern U.S., meaning that it is located between the hillier [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] region to the north and the flatter [[Atlantic coastal plain]] to the south.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Roberta has a total area of {{convert|3.9|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.04|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 1.11%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 252
|1910= 227
|1920= 404
|1930= 449
|1940= 535
|1950= 673
|1960= 714
|1970= 746
|1980= 859
|1990= 939
|2000= 808
|2010= 1007
|2020= 813
|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 |website=[[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 |website=[[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  |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|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  |website=[[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  |website=[[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 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|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  |website=[[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  |website=[[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  |website=[[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 |website=[[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  |website=[[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> 
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Roberta racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1365856&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-19|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|475
|58.43%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|301
|37.02%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|5
|0.62%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.12%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|21
|2.58%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|10
|1.23%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 813 people, 354 households, and 206 families residing in the city.

== Education ==

=== Crawford County School District ===
The [[Crawford County School District]] holds grades pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one 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=639&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 6, 2010.</ref> The district has 127 full-time teachers and over 2,090 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/CRAWFORD/CRAWFORD_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 6, 2010.</ref>
*Crawford County Elementary School
*Crawford County Middle School
*[[Crawford County High School (Georgia)|Crawford County High School]]

==Tourism==
[[File:Benjamin Hawkins Monument.jpg|thumb|right|The Benjamin Hawkins Monument.]]
The city has a restored 1962 Seaboard Coastline [[caboose]] next to the railroad depot in the downtown area. The caboose holds a small history of Roberta's railroad heritage and a memorial to employees of [[Georgia Southern Railway|Southern Railroad]]. 
Also in the downtown block is the [[Benjamin Hawkins]] Monument, constructed in 1931.<ref name="Knoxville & Roberta"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://cityofroberta.com/ City of Roberta official website]
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