Editing Yatesville, Georgia

{{Other places|Yatesville (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Yatesville, Georgia
|nickname                 = The Red Dirt City
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|image_map                = Upson_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Yatesville_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Upson County, Georgia|Upson County]] and the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Georgia (U.S. state)|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Upson County, Georgia|Upson]]
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_13.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=December 18, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 2.27
|area_land_km2            = 2.24
|area_water_km2           = 0.03
|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.88
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.86
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 394
|population_density_km2   = 176.21
|population_density_sq_mi = 456.55
|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|coordinates              = {{coord|32|54|46|N|84|8|33|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes      = <!--for references: use <ref> tags-->
|elevation_m              = 243
|elevation_ft             = 797
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 31097
|area_code                = [[Area code 706|706]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 13-84708<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0325604<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
}}

'''Yatesville''' is a town in [[Upson County, Georgia|Upson County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 408 at the 2000 census.

==History==
Yatesville was founded in 1888 when the railroad was extended to that point, and named after A.J. Yates, a first settler.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/x.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=259 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Yatesville as a town in 1896.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQQ4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA266|year=1897|publisher=J. Johnston|page=266}}</ref>

==Geography==

Yatesville is located at {{coord|32|54|46|N|84|8|33|W|type:city}} (32.912663, -84.142393).<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=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

The town is located along [[Georgia State Route 74]], which runs from west to east through the center of town. GA-74 leads east 35&nbsp;mi (56&nbsp;km) to [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] and west 12&nbsp;mi (19&nbsp;km) to [[Thomaston, Georgia|Thomaston]], the Upson County seat.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|0.9|sqmi|km2}} is land and 1.14% is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 283
|1910= 366
|1920= 400
|1930= 281
|1940= 240
|1950= 290
|1960= 354
|1970= 423
|1980= 390
|1990= 409
|2000= 408
|2010= 357
|2020= 394
|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 Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US 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  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|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  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=253}}</ref><br> 1930-1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1940-1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1960-1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |website=[[US 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 - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-12.pdf  |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 408 people, 158 households and 124 families residing in the town.  The population density was {{convert|465.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 175 housing units at an average density of {{convert|199.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 75.74% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 23.77% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.25% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.74% of the population.

There were 159 households, out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.8% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $38,750, and the median income for a family was $38,500. Males had a median income of $30,096 versus $25,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $21,762.  About 9.2% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.5% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Upson County, Georgia}}

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