Editing Stapleton, Georgia

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'''Stapleton''' is a city in [[Jefferson County, Georgia|Jefferson County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 402 in 2020.

==History==
An early variant name was "Spread".<ref name="Names">{{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=211 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated the place as the "Town of Spread" in 1903.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Q5yJl7zqL4C&pg=PA668|year=1903|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=668}}</ref> Stapleton derives its current name from Colonel James Stapleton.<ref name="Names" />

== Geography ==

Stapleton is located in northwestern Jefferson County at {{Coord|33|12|57|N|82|28|5|W|type:city}} (33.215877, -82.468007).<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> [[Georgia State Route 102]] passes through the center of town as Main Street, leading east {{convert|4.5|mi}} to [[Wrens, Georgia|Wrens]] and west {{convert|4|mi|0}} to [[Avera, Georgia|Avera]]. [[Georgia State Route 296|State Route 296]] (Harvey Street and George Street) crosses SR-102 in the center of Stapleton, leading northeast {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Georgia State Route 17|SR-17]] in [[Warren County, Georgia|Warren County]] and south {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Louisville, Georgia|Louisville]], the Jefferson [[county seat]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Stapleton has a total area of {{convert|4.5|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Stapleton city, Georgia |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1373004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213104623/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1373004 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |accessdate=May 4, 2018 |work=American Factfinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1910= 370
|1920= 410
|1930= 432
|1940= 342
|1950= 355
|1960= 356
|1970= 390
|1980= 388
|1990= 330
|2000= 318
|2010= 438
|2020= 402
|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>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 318 people, 110 households, and 80 families residing in the city. By 2020, its population was 402.

== See also ==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
*[[Central Savannah River Area]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.thenewsandfarmer.com/ ''The News and Farmer and Wadley Herald''/ ''Jefferson Reporter''], the county's weekly newspaper and the oldest weekly newspaper in Georgia.

{{Jefferson County, Georgia}}
{{Central Savannah River Area}}

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