Editing Soperton, Georgia

{{Short description|City in Georgia, United States}}
{{redirect|Soperton}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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'''Soperton''' is a city in [[Treutlen County, Georgia|Treutlen County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 2,889 in 2020. The city is the [[county seat]] of Treutlen 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}}</ref>

==History==
A post office was established at Soperton in 1902.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=10 June 2019}}</ref> The city was named after Benjamin Franklin Soper, a railroad official.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/s.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=209 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Soperton as a town in 1902.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/counties/treutlen | title=Treutlen County | publisher=GeorgiaInfo | accessdate=10 June 2019}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.3|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|3.2|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}} (0.61%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 469
|1920= 1033
|1930= 1081
|1940= 1339
|1950= 1667
|1960= 2317
|1970= 2596
|1980= 2981
|1990= 2797
|2000= 2824
|2010= 3115
|2020= 2889
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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 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 |publisher=[[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 |publisher=[[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  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1910|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  |publisher=[[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  |publisher=[[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 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1950|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  |publisher=[[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  |publisher=[[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  |publisher=[[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 |publisher=[[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  |publisher=[[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> 2010<ref name=2010CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Soperton racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1371772&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,097
|37.97%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,643
|56.87%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|6
|0.21%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|6
|0.21%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|66
|2.28%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|71
|2.46%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,889 people, 1,088 households, and 699 families residing in the city.

== Education ==

=== Treutlen County School District ===
The [[Treutlen County School District]] holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one elementary school and a middle/high school.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=740&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education], Retrieved June 29, 2010.</ref> The district has 74 full-time teachers and over 1,234 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/TREUTLEN/TREUTLEN_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 29, 2010.</ref>
*Treutlen Elementary School
*Treutlen Middle/High School

==References==
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{{Treutlen County, Georgia}}
{{Georgia county seats}}

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