Editing Willacoochee, Georgia

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'''Willacoochee''' is a city in [[Atkinson County, Georgia|Atkinson County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States, along the [[Alapaha River]]. The population was 1,240 in 2020.<ref name=":0" />

==History==
The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Willacoochee as a town in 1889.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hA4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1006|year=1889|publisher=J. Johnston|page=1006}}</ref> ''Willacoochee'' is a name derived from the [[Creek language]] meaning "home of the wildcats".<ref>{{cite book|last=Nestor|first=Sandy|title=Indian Placenames in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MBIkCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA50|date=7 May 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-9339-5|page=50}}</ref>

==Geography==
Willacoochee is located at {{coord|31|20|7|N|83|2|47|W|type:city}} (31.335175, -83.046381), within the [[Southeast Georgia]] region.<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> According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|9.9|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Willacoochee city, Georgia |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1382972 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212181009/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1382972 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |accessdate=May 6, 2013 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 398
|1900= 471
|1910= 960
|1920= 1211
|1930= 1006
|1940= 903
|1950= 987
|1960= 1061
|1970= 1120
|1980= 1166
|1990= 1205
|2000= 1434
|2010= 1391
|2020= 1240
|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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{| class="wikitable"
|+Willacoochee racial composition as of 2020<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1382972&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-14|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|500
|40.32%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|423
|34.11%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|5
|0.4%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|2
|0.16%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|28
|2.26%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|282
|22.74%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,240 people, 529 households, and 291 families residing in the city,<ref name=":0" /> down from 2010's 1,391.<ref name="Census 2010" /> Among its population in 2020, 40.32% were non-Hispanic white, 34.11% Black or African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 2.26% multiracial, and 22.74% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

==Gallery==
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File:Lockheed T-33 Willacoochee GA.jpg|alt=Lockheed T-33 Willacoochee Ga|A [[Lockheed T-33]] in Willacoochee. A T-33 crashed here ca. 1960s. Located 31°20'28.7"N 83°02'52.1"W(31.341306,-83.047806) 
File:McCranie's Turpentine Still 02.JPG|[[McCranie's Turpentine Still]], just west of Willacoochee, on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]
File:Willacoochee, GA, US - water to oceans.jpg|Signs indicating [[drainage divide]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.willacoochee.com/ City of Willacoochee official website]

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