Editing Woodbine, Georgia

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'''Woodbine''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Camden County, Georgia|Camden County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[United States]], an original county established when the state constitution was adopted in 1777.<ref name=HIST>{{cite web|url= http://woodbinegeorgia.net/history.html|title= Woodbine History|publisher= City of Woodbine, Georgia|access-date= July 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309072609/woodbinegeorgia.net/history.html|archive-date=March 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://georgia.gov/cities-counties/woodbine| title= Woodbine
|publisher= Georgia Gov |access-date= September 6, 2012}}</ref> The population was 1,062 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], down from 1,412 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]]. It is part of the [[Kingsland, Georgia]] [[Camden County, Georgia|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

The [[East Coast Greenway]], a 3,000 mile long system of trails connecting Maine to Florida, runs along the Woodbine Riverwalk. [[Spaceport Camden]] is being developed adjacent to the city.

==History==
Records in 1765 show that John Brown, John McGillvary, William Molyneaux and William Trowin petitioned English authorities for {{convert|1400|acre}} south of the [[Satilla River]]. They were granted the land named Pile's Bluff, which historians believe to be near Woodbine.<ref name=HIST />

A tract of land was granted to [[Anton Cunning]] by the state in 1808. It became known as the Woodbine Plantation. Luke John Bailey purchased it in 1835 and held it through the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], during which the house was burned by [[Union Army|Union troops]]. James King Bedell acquired the property, constructed a new house, and restored the plantation. The railroad entered Camden County in 1893, and Bedell sold a right-of-way across his land, but required that the first rail community be named "Woodbine".<ref name=HIST />

Woodbine was incorporated as a town on August 13, 1908,<ref name="Woodbine">{{cite web| url= http://www.dca.state.ga.us/cityscapes/comm.asp?D=1&city=Woodbine&YRID=| title= Woodbine| publisher= Georgia Department of Community Affairs| access-date= September 6, 2012}}</ref> and the word is the common English name for the [[honeysuckle]], ''Lonicera''.<ref name="Woodbine"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=8302| title= Profile for Woodbine, Georgia, GA|publisher= ePodunk |access-date= September 6, 2012}}</ref> The town grew more after the [[U.S. Route 17|Atlantic Coastal Highway]] was constructed during 1927 and the county seat relocated there the following year. Woodbine re-incorporated as a city in 1953.<ref name=HIST />

On the morning of February 3, 1971, the Thiokol Chemical Corporation, a factory that made flares for soldiers fighting in Vietnam, exploded. Twenty-eight employees of the factory, predominantly Black women, were killed after a flame in a small building, according to court records, triggered a massive explosion. The blast blew pieces of the building almost a mile away, left more than 50 other people injured.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reclaiming History: Museum documents deadly explosion that devastated a Black community in Georgia |url=https://www.splcenter.org/news/2022/06/10/reclaiming-history-museum-documents-deadly-explosion-devastated-black-community-georgia |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
The city is situated near the center of the county, which is located in the southeast corner of the state near the [[Florida]] border. It is located on the south bank of the [[Satilla River]] near the head of its tidal extent. [[U.S. Route 17]] (Ocean Highway) passes through the center of the city, leading northeast {{convert|29|mi}} to [[Brunswick, Georgia|Brunswick]] and south {{convert|11|mi}} to [[Kingsland, Georgia|Kingsland]]. The city has extended its borders {{convert|2|mi|0}} east along 10th Street to reach [[Interstate 95]] at its Exit 14.

Woodbine is located at {{coord|30|57|43|N|81|43|12|W|type:city}} (30.961869, -81.720017).<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>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.7|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|6.5|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 2.37%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Woodbine city, Georgia |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1383868 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212183021/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1383868 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=July 17, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

=== Climate ===
{{Weather box
| location = Woodbine, Georgia (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1998–present)
| single line = Y
| Jan record high F = 84
| Feb record high F = 86
| Mar record high F = 91
| Apr record high F = 94
| May record high F = 98
| Jun record high F = 100
| Jul record high F = 102
| Aug record high F = 102
| Sep record high F = 96
| Oct record high F = 94
| Nov record high F = 89
| Dec record high F = 85
| year record high F = 102
| Jan high F = 62.6
| Feb high F = 65.9
| Mar high F = 71.9
| Apr high F = 77.7
| May high F = 83.7
| Jun high F = 88.2
| Jul high F = 90.9
| Aug high F = 89.2
| Sep high F = 85.3
| Oct high F = 78.6
| Nov high F = 70.4
| Dec high F = 64.5
| year high F = 77.4
| Jan mean F = 50.3
| Feb mean F = 53.7
| Mar mean F = 59.3
| Apr mean F = 65.2
| May mean F = 72.3
| Jun mean F = 78.2
| Jul mean F = 80.9
| Aug mean F = 80.2
| Sep mean F = 76.4
| Oct mean F = 68.0
| Nov mean F = 59.0
| Dec mean F = 53.0
| year mean F = 66.4
| Jan low F = 38.0
| Feb low F = 41.5
| Mar low F = 46.7
| Apr low F = 52.7
| May low F = 61.0
| Jun low F = 68.2
| Jul low F = 70.9
| Aug low F = 71.1
| Sep low F = 67.4
| Oct low F = 57.3
| Nov low F = 47.6
| Dec low F = 41.5
| year low F = 55.3
| Jan record low F = 10
| Feb record low F = 10
| Mar record low F = 21
| Apr record low F = 22
| May record low F = 41
| Jun record low F = 51
| Jul record low F = 58
| Aug record low F = 57
| Sep record low F = 50
| Oct record low F = 30
| Nov record low F = 24
| Dec record low F = 19
| year record low F = 10
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 3.61
| Feb precipitation inch = 3.67
| Mar precipitation inch = 3.58
| Apr precipitation inch = 3.52
| May precipitation inch = 3.92
| Jun precipitation inch = 6.20
| Jul precipitation inch = 5.51
| Aug precipitation inch = 7.76
| Sep precipitation inch = 6.70
| Oct precipitation inch = 4.74
| Nov precipitation inch = 2.33
| Dec precipitation inch = 3.04
| year precipitation inch = 54.58
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 7.3
| Feb precipitation days = 7.9
| Mar precipitation days = 6.9
| Apr precipitation days = 6.0
| May precipitation days = 6.0
| Jun precipitation days = 11.5
| Jul precipitation days = 11.9
| Aug precipitation days = 14.1
| Sep precipitation days = 11.0
| Oct precipitation days = 6.8
| Nov precipitation days = 5.3
| Dec precipitation days = 6.9
| year precipitation days = 101.6
| source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name=nws>
{{cite web
| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=jax
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = May 24, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00099502&format=pdf
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
| title = Station: Woodbine, GA
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
| access-date = May 24, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
[[File:Woodbine City Hall.JPG|thumb|right|Woodbine City Hall]]
{{US Census population
|1910= 155
|1920= 172
|1930= 335
|1940= 373
|1950= 750
|1960= 845
|1970= 1002
|1980= 910
|1990= 1212
|2000= 1218
|2010= 1412
|2020= 1062
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|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 Decade|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 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> 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=|pages=251–256}}</ref><br> 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> 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<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 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> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 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> 2010<ref name=2010CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Woodbine racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1383868&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|606
|57.06%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|385
|36.25%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|4
|0.38%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|7
|0.66%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|4
|0.38%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|44
|4.14%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|12
|1.13%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,062 people, 467 households, and 316 families residing in the city.

==See also==
* [[Woodbine Historic District (Woodbine, Georgia)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}} <!-- for current and future use if material is uploaded -->
* [http://woodbinegeorgia.net/ City of Woodbine official website]
* [http://www.city-data.com/city/Woodbine-Georgia.html Woodbine] at City-Data.com

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