Editing Whitesburg, Georgia

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'''Whitesburg''' is a town in [[Carroll County, Georgia|Carroll County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 596 in 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Whitesburg_city,_Georgia?g=160XX00US1382720 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
This area was long occupied by indigenous peoples. In the historic period after European encounter, it was occupied by members of the Creek Confederacy, a loose grouping of related peoples, and was known as the area of the Lower Towns by the early nineteenth century. [[William McIntosh]], a mixed-race leader of the Creek, established a modest house and plantation here. He was executed in 1825 on order of the Creek National Council for having negotiated and signed the 1825 [[Treaty of Indian Springs (1825)|Treaty of Indian Springs]], which ceded all remaining lands in Georgia and Alabama to the United States. He had violated tribal law, the Code of 1818 that protected communal property.

After Creek removal, American settlers entered the area from the east. Many became subsistence farmers. Whitesburg was established by European-American settlers in 1873.<ref>Joe Cobb, ''Carroll County and Her People'', p. 40</ref> The community was named after A.J. White, a railroad official.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/w.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=252 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Whitesburg in 1874.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/whitesburg | title=Whitesburg | publisher=GeorgiaGov | accessdate=June 29, 2019}}</ref>

==Geography==
Whitesburg is located at {{coord|33|29|36|N|84|54|49|W|type:city}} (33.493434, -84.913492).<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=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Whitesburg is located along the [[Chattahoochee River]] in southeastern Carroll County. [[U.S. Route 27 Alternate (Georgia)|U.S. Route 27 Alternate]] and [[Georgia State Route 5]] are the main routes through the town. U.S. Route 27 Alternate runs from northwest to southeast through the town, leading northwest {{convert|12|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Carrollton, Georgia|Carrollton]], the county seat, and southeast {{convert|11|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Newnan, Georgia|Newnan]]. GA-5 leads northeast from the town {{convert|23|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Douglasville, Georgia|Douglasville]] and west {{convert|15|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Roopville, Georgia|Roopville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 2.8&nbsp;square miles (7.3&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 2.8&nbsp;square miles (7.2&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is land and 0.04&nbsp;square mile (0.1&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (1.07%) is water.

[[Acorn Creek]], a tributary of the [[Chattahoochee River]], originates just west of Whitesburg. It takes its name from Acorn Town, a [[Creek Indian]] settlement and plantation which stood near its mouth.<ref name="Names">{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/a.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=1 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Geological Survey Water-supply Paper|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9cZAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA16-PA25|year=1955|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=362}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 368
|1890= 294
|1900= 296
|1910= 315
|1920= 366
|1930= 313
|1940= 341
|1950= 400
|1960= 366
|1970= 720
|1980= 775
|1990= 643
|2000= 596
|2010= 588
|2020= 596
|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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At the [[census]] of 2000, there were 596 people, 224 households, and 165 families residing in the town.<ref name="GR2" /> The population density was {{convert|215.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 247 housing units at an average density of {{convert|89.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 82.21% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 16.78% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.17% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.17% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.67% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.34% of the population. By the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 596 people in Whitesburg.<ref name=":0" />

In 2000, there were 224 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.9% were non-families. 21.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.10. In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.5% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.9 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the town was $26,750, and the median income for a family was $29,167. Males had a median income of $30,417 versus $22,353 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $14,189. About 14.6% of families and 18.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 27.7% of those under age 18 and 19.5% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2022 [[American Community Survey]], its median household income was $63,750.<ref name=":0" />

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{{Carroll County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Towns in Carroll County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Towns in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1873]]
[[Category:Georgia populated places on the Chattahoochee River]]