Editing Woodbury, Georgia

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'''Woodbury''' is a city in [[Meriwether County, Georgia|Meriwether County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 908 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020"/>

== History ==
The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Woodbury in 1913.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/woodbury | title=Woodbury | publisher=GeorgiaGov | access-date=30 June 2019}}</ref> The community most likely was named after [[Levi Woodbury]] (1789–1851), American justice on the United States Supreme Court.<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=256 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

==Geography==
Woodbury is located in southeastern Meriwether County at {{Coord|32|58|50|N|84|34|52|W|type:city}} (32.980588, -84.580979).<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> Georgia State Routes [[Georgia State Route 18|18]], [[Georgia State Route 74|74]], [[Georgia State Route 85|85]], and [[Georgia State Route 109|109]] pass through the city. Route 18 leads northwest {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Greenville, Georgia|Greenville]], the [[county seat]], and northeast {{convert|19|mi}} to [[Zebulon, Georgia|Zebulon]]. Route 74 goes east out of Woodbury with Route 18 but leads southeast {{convert|19|mi}} to [[Thomaston, Georgia|Thomaston]]; to the north Route 74 leads {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Gay, Georgia|Gay]]. Route 85 goes north to Gay with Route 74 but also leads south {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Manchester, Georgia|Manchester]]. Route 85 Alternate runs through the north side of Woodbury and leads southwest {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Warm Springs, Georgia|Warm Springs]]. Route 109 follows Route 18 both northwest and east out of Woodbury but leads east {{convert|28|mi}} to [[Barnesville, Georgia|Barnesville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Woodbury has a total area of {{convert|2.1|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.03|sqmi|2}}, or 1.43%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> The [[Flint River]] passes {{convert|3|mi|0}} east of the city, and [[Pine Mountain Range|Pine Mountain]] rises three miles to the south.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 94
|1890= 369
|1900= 566
|1910= 917
|1920= 923
|1930= 849
|1940= 865
|1950= 985
|1960= 1230
|1970= 1422
|1980= 1738
|1990= 1429
|2000= 1184
|2010= 961
|2020= 908
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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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[[File:Red Oak Creek Bridge, Spanning (Big) Red Oak Creek, Huel Brown Road (Cov, Woodbury vicinity (Meriwether County, Georgia)).jpg|thumb|214x214px|left|The Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge is located just north of Woodbury. Built in the 1840s by the famed Georgia bridge builder, [[Horace King (architect)|Horace King]], with its approaches the Red Oak Covered Bridge is the longest in Georgia and the only one of King's bridges that is still in use today. It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Meriwether County, Georgia|National Register of Historic Places]] on May 7, 1973.]]
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|+Woodbury racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1383896&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-14|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|348
|38.33%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|504
|55.51%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|2
|0.22%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|1
|0.11%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.11%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|36
|3.96%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|16
|1.76%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 908 people, 456 households, and 260 families residing in the city.

==In popular culture==
* Woodbury is featured prominently in ''[[The Walking Dead (comic book)|The Walking Dead]]'' comic book franchise as a fortified survivor settlement run by a leader called [[The Governor (The Walking Dead)|The Governor]] during a [[zombie apocalypse]]. In the [[The Walking Dead (TV series)|television series of the same name]], the Woodbury scenes were filmed in [[Senoia, Georgia|Senoia]], {{convert|25|mi}} to the north.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211 |title=The Walking Dead |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref>
*Woodbury is the primary setting of ''The Walking Dead'' novel series which follows the lives of the residents both before and after Woodbury's appearance in the comic book series. The novels focus on the town's reign under the Governor, the aftermath, and the residents' fight against various enemies, including the undead, doomsday cultists, and a militia that attacks to abduct the town's children for experimentation on finding a cure to the zombie virus.
*Woodbury also appears in ''[[The Walking Dead: Destinies]]'' video game which adapts part of the TV series season 3 storyline regarding the town.

==References==
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{{Meriwether County, Georgia}}

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