Editing Talbot County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Talbot County
 | state                = Georgia
 | seal                 = 
 | founded year         = {{start date and age|1827}}
 | founded date         = December 14
 | seat wl              = Talbotton
 | largest city wl      = Talbotton
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 395
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 391
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 3.4
 | area percentage      = 0.9%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 5733
 | density_sq_mi        = 15
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | footnotes            = 
 | web                  = http://talbotcountyga.org/
 | named for            = [[Matthew Talbot]]
 | ex image             = Talbot_County,_GA_Courthouse.JPG
 | ex image cap         = Talbot County Courthouse and Confederate Monument in Talbotton
 | district             = 2nd
}}

'''Talbot County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the west central portion of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. The [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] showed a population of 5,733.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Talbot County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Talbot_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13263|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 29, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] and largest city is [[Talbotton, Georgia|Talbotton]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>

==History==
Talbot County was created from a portion of [[Muscogee County, Georgia|Muscogee County]] by a December 14, 1827, act of the [[Georgia General Assembly]]. It was named after [[List of Governors of Georgia|the late Georgia governor]] [[Matthew Talbot]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/t.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030917143007/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/t.pdf |archive-date=September 17, 2003 |url-status=live| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=219 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> [[Taylor County, Georgia|Taylor County]] was created from a portion of Talbot County in 1852.

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|395|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|391|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.4|sqmi}} (0.9%) is water.<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=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

The county straddles the [[Atlantic Seaboard fall line|fall line]] of the Eastern U.S., and thus northern areas of the county are hillier compared to southern areas of the county. The [[Fall Line Freeway]] runs across the southern portion of the county, following [[Georgia State Route 96]] from Geneva to Junction City. The far northern portion of the county is part of the [[Pine Mountain Range]], with elevations in this areas exceeding 1,000&nbsp;ft on the highest peaks of the mountains.

The northeastern three-quarters of Talbot County is located in the Upper [[Flint River (Georgia)|Flint River]] sub-basin of the [[ACF River Basin|Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin]]. The southwestern quarter, west of [[Junction City, Georgia|Junction City]], is located in the Middle [[Chattahoochee River]]-[[Walter F. George Lake]] sub-basin, while a narrow sliver of the western border, east of [[Waverly Hall, Georgia|Waverly Hall]], is located in the Middle [[Chattahoochee River]]-[[Lake Harding]] sub-basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:Alternate plate.svg|20px]]<br />[[File:US 27.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 27 Alternate (Georgia)|U.S. Route 27 Alternate]]
* [[File:US 80.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 80 in Georgia|U.S. Route 80]]
* [[File:Georgia 22.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 22|State Route 22]]
* [[File:Georgia 36.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 36|State Route 36]]
* [[File:Georgia 41.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 41|State Route 41]]
* [[File:Georgia 85.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 85|State Route 85]]
* [[File:Georgia 85 Alternate.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 85 Alternate|State Route 85 Alternate]]
* [[File:Georgia 96.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 96|State Route 96]]
* [[File:Georgia 116.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 116|State Route 116]]
* [[File:Georgia 190.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 190|State Route 190]]
* [[File:Georgia 208.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 208|State Route 208]]
* [[File:Georgia 240.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 240|State Route 240]]
* [[File:Georgia 315.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 315|State Route 315]]
* [[File:Georgia 540.svg|23px]] [[Fall Line Freeway|State Route 540 (Fall Line Freeway)]]
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Upson County, Georgia|Upson County]] - northeast
* [[Taylor County, Georgia|Taylor County]] - southeast
* [[Marion County, Georgia|Marion County]] - south
* [[Chattahoochee County, Georgia|Chattahoochee County]] - southwest
* [[Muscogee County, Georgia|Muscogee County]] - west-southwest
* [[Harris County, Georgia|Harris County]] - west
* [[Meriwether County, Georgia|Meriwether County]] - north

===Railroads===
* [[CSX]] [[Fitzgerald Subdivision]]
* [[Norfolk Southern]] [[Columbus, Georgia|Columbus]] District

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Talbotton, Georgia|Talbotton]] (county seat)
* [[Woodland, Georgia|Woodland]]
* [[Manchester, Georgia|Manchester]] (part)

===Towns===
* [[Geneva, Georgia|Geneva]]
* [[Junction City, Georgia|Junction City]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Box Springs, Georgia|Box Springs]]
* [[Centerville, Talbot County, Georgia|Centerville]]
* [[Po Biddy Crossroads, Georgia|Po Biddy Crossroads]]
* [[Tax Crossroads, Georgia|Tax Crossroads]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1830 = 5940
| 1840 = 15627
| 1850 = 16534
| 1860 = 13616
| 1870 = 11913
| 1880 = 14115
| 1890 = 13258
| 1900 = 12197
| 1910 = 11696
| 1920 = 11158
| 1930 = 8458
| 1940 = 8141
| 1950 = 7687
| 1960 = 7127
| 1970 = 6625
| 1980 = 6536
| 1990 = 6524
| 2000 = 6498
| 2010 = 6865
| 2020 = 5733
|estyear=2023
|estimate=5718
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| 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 Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br>1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 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><br> 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=|page=253}}</ref> 1930-1940<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><br> 1940-1950<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> 1960-1980<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><br> 1980-2000<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><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Talbot County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name="2000CensusP004">{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Talbot County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=050XX00US13263&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name="2010CensusP2">{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Talbot County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13263&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Talbot County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13263&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|2,354
|2,639
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |2,427
|36.23%
|38.44%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |42.33%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|3,974
|4,039
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |3,056
|61.16%
|58.83%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |53.31%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|14
|18
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |5
|0.22%
|0.26%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |0.09%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|18
|9
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |17
|0.28%
|0.13%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |0.30%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |1
|0.02%
|0.00%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |0.02%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|3
|3
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |6
|0.05%
|0.04%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |0.10%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|52
|66
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |109
|0.80%
|0.96%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |1.90%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|82
|91
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |112
|1.26%
|1.33%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |1.95%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''6,498'''
|'''6,865'''
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |'''5,733'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 5,733 people, 2,809 households, and 1,849 families residing in the county.

==Education==
The [[Talbot County School District]] holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one building with 48 full-time teachers and 792 students.<ref>[http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=730&T=0&FY=2008 Georgia Board of Education]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 26, 2010.</ref> The district headquarters is in [[Talbotton, Georgia|Talbotton]].<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/TALBOT/TALBOT_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 26, 2010.</ref>

==Politics==
Like most majority-African-American counties in Georgia, Talbot is a reliably Democratic county. Between 1880 and 2020, Talbot County has only voted Republican three times, although it also voted for [[American Independent Party|American Independent]] segregationist [[George Wallace]] in 1968. Donald Trump's 39.50% in 2020 is the best performance for a Republican since Nixon in the 1972 presidential election. In 2024, Trump furthered increased his vote share to almost 44% of the vote. 
{{PresHead|place=Talbot County, Georgia|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|1,483|1,888|8|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|1,392|2,114|18|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|1,196|2,002|63|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|1,202|2,265|26|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,301|2,369|31|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|1,103|1,830|14|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|844|1,662|25|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|652|1,579|115|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|671|1,768|243|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|802|1,248|10|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|778|1,494|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|572|1,635|36|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|459|1,634|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|990|508|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|317|510|688|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|679|627|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|207|771|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|136|710|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|175|678|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|92|582|138|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|45|832|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|49|656|1|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|41|796|6|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|45|912|3|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|74|536|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|33|491|2|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|43|379|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|17|511|14|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|8|446|87|Georgia}}

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Talbot County, Georgia]]
*[[List of counties in Georgia]]
* [[USS Talbot County]] landing ship named for [[Talbot County, Maryland]] and Talbot County, Georgia

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100527092224/http://talbotcounty.georgia.gov/03/home/0,2230,8402370,00.html Georgia.gov info for Talbot County]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060424065326/http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/courthouses/talbotCH.htm GeorgiaInfo Talbot County Courthouse History]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Talbot County, Georgia
|North     =
|Northeast = [[Upson County, Georgia|Upson County]]
|East      =
|Southeast = [[Taylor County, Georgia|Taylor County]]
|South     = [[Marion County, Georgia|Marion County]]
|Southwest = [[Muscogee County, Georgia|Muscogee County]] and [[Chattahoochee County, Georgia|Chattahoochee County]]
|West      = [[Harris County, Georgia|Harris County]]
|Northwest = [[Meriwether County, Georgia|Meriwether County]]
}}
{{Talbot County, Georgia}}
{{Georgia (U.S. state)}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Coord|32.71|-84.53|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}

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