Editing Walnut Grove, Georgia

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'''Walnut Grove''' is a town in [[Walton County, Georgia|Walton County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 1,322 in 2020.

==History==
The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Walnut Grove as a town in 1905.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eHy7q4S7wL8C&pg=PA1209 |title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|via=Google Books |publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers |year=1905 |page=1209}}</ref> The community was named for a grove of [[walnut tree]]s near the original town site.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Krakow, Kenneth K. |url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/w.pdf |title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins |publisher=Winship Press |year=1975 |isbn=0-915430-00-2 |location=Macon, GA |pages=245}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 1.5&nbsp;square miles (3.9&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 112
|1920= 143
|1930= 110
|1940= 117
|1950= 121
|1960= 119
|1970= 175
|1980= 387
|1990= 458
|2000= 1241
|2010= 1330
|2020= 1322
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 1575
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-POP-13.xlsx |date=May 16, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 16, 2024}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{Cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |access-date=June 4, 2015 |publisher=Census.gov}}</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Walnut Grove racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1380228&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=December 18, 2021 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,107
|83.74%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|87
|6.58%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|2
|0.15%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|5
|0.38%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/mixed]]
|59
|4.46%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|62
|4.69%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,322 people, 515 households, and 371 families residing in the city.

==Education==
Public education in Walnut Grove is administered by [[Walton County School District (Georgia)|Walton County School District]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homepage |url=https://www.walton.k12.ga.us |access-date=June 28, 2019 |publisher=Walton County School District}}</ref> The district operates Walnut Grove Elementary School and Walnut Grove High School within the city.

==Notable people==
* [[Barbecue Bob]], blues musician
* [[Bazoline Estelle Usher]], educator

==References==
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{{Walton County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Towns in Walton County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Towns in Georgia (U.S. state)]]