Editing Swainsboro, Georgia

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'''Swainsboro''' is a city in [[Emanuel County, Georgia]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 7,425. The city is the [[county seat]] of Emanuel County.<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>

==History==
In 1822, the Georgia state legislature established "Swainsborough" as the seat of Emanuel County. The town was named in recognition of Stephen Swain, the state senator who introduced the bill for the county's creation in 1812. The town's name was changed to "Paris" at its incorporation on February 18, 1854, but three years later reverted to its current name, Swainsboro.<ref>[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/CitiesCounties/Counties&id=h-2329 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Emanuel County]</ref>

===Transportation===
Early in its corporate life, much like other rural Georgia towns, Swainsboro depended on railroads for transportation. However, in the 1930s, many of the town's streets and sidewalks were paved, and Swainsboro found itself at the intersection of two major national highways, [[U.S. Route 1|U.S. 1]] and [[U.S. Route 80|U.S. 80]], thus earning its city motto: "Crossroads of the Great South". [[U.S. Route 1|U.S. 1]] was the principal highway from [[Maine]] to [[Key West, Florida|Key West]], and [[U.S. Route 80|U.S. 80]], at that time, ran from [[Tybee Island, Georgia]], to [[San Diego]].<ref>[http://www.cityofswainsboro.org/ History of Swainsboro]</ref>

==Geography==

Swainsboro is located near the center of Emanuel County at 32°35'37" North, 82°19'56" West (32.593743, -82.332146).<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 center of the city, and [[U.S. Route 1]] bypasses it to the west. US 80 leads east {{convert|36|mi}} to [[Statesboro, Georgia|Statesboro]] and west {{convert|36|mi}} to [[Dublin, Georgia|Dublin]], while US 1 leads north {{convert|62|mi}} to [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] and south {{convert|106|mi}} to [[Waycross, Georgia|Waycross]]. [[Interstate 16]] is {{convert|14|mi}} south of Swainsboro via US 1.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|33.5|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|32.6|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.9|km2|order=flip}}, or 2.81%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1374964| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Swainsboro city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=January 27, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213062313/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1374964| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1870 = 108
| 1880 = 186
| 1890 = 395
| 1900 = 895
| 1910 = 1313
| 1920 = 1578
| 1930 = 2442
| 1940 = 3575
| 1950 = 4300
| 1960 = 5943
| 1970 = 7325
| 1980 = 7602
| 1990 = 7361
| 2000 = 6943
| 2010 = 7277
| 2020 = 7426
| 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"
|+Swainsboro racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1374964&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|2,684
|36.15%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|4,180
|56.3%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|8
|0.11%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|91
|1.23%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.01%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|183
|2.46%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|278
|3.74%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 7,425 people, 2,697 households, and 1,783 families residing in the city.

==Education==

=== Emanuel County School District ===
The [[Emanuel County School District]], run by the Emanuel County Board of Education, holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of three elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, and two academies.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=653&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 8, 2010.</ref> The district has 293 full-time teachers and over 4,664 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/EMANUEL/EMANUEL_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 8, 2010.</ref>
* Adrian School of Performing Arts (Closed)
* David Emanuel Academy (DEA)
* Swainsboro Elementary School (SES)
* Swainsboro Primary School (SPS)
* Twin City Elementary School (TCE)
* Swainsboro Middle School (SMS)
* Emanuel County Institute (ECI)
* Swainsboro High School (SHS)

=== Higher education ===
* [[East Georgia State College]] - Swainsboro Campus<ref>[http://www.ega.edu/ East Georgia College], Retrieved June 8, 2010.</ref>
* [[Southeastern Technical College]] - Swainsboro Campus<ref>[http://www.southeasterntech.edu/generalinfo/campuslocations.asp Southeastern Technical College], Retrieved June 8, 2010.</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Luck Flanders Gambrell]], philanthropist and wife of former [[List of United States senators from Georgia|United States senator]] [[David Gambrell]]
* [[Ray Guy]], NFL Hall of Famer, retired punter, three-time Super Bowl champion
* [[Dwight Howard]], NBA Player (born in Swainsboro, raised in Atlanta)
* [[Rufus Hannah]], aka "Rufus the Stunt Bum", born and raised in Swainsboro, famous for his role in the controversial ''[[Bumfights]]'' series
* [[Doug Johnson (record producer)|Doug Johnson]], record producer, songwriter, record label executive, born in Swainsboro
* [[Pat Mitchell]], media personality and businesswoman 
* [[Tony Mitchell (basketball, born 1989)|Tony Mitchell]], professional basketball player for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, former Milwaukee Bucks player
* [[George L. Smith (Georgia politician)|George L. Smith II]], member of the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] (1944–1973) and Speaker of the same body (1959–1962, 1967–1973)
* [[Ben Troupe]], born in Swainsboro, played high school football in [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]], former [[Florida Gators football|University of Florida football]] standout
* [[Larry Jon Wilson]], singer-songwriter, born in Swainsboro

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cityofswainsboro.org/ Swainsboro official website]

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