Editing Zebulon, Georgia

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'''Zebulon''' is a city in [[Pike County, Georgia]], United States. The population was 1,225 in 2020.<ref name=":0" /> The city is the [[county seat]] of Pike County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The city and county were named after explorer [[Zebulon Pike]].<ref name=profile>{{cite web| url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=8308| title= Profile for Zebulon, Georgia, GA | publisher= ePodunk |access-date=2012-06-30}}</ref>

==History==
Zebulon was incorporated in 1825. The town was named after [[Zebulon Pike]], a war hero and explorer.<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, Georgia | pages=261 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

==Geography==
Zebulon is located at {{Coord|33|5|56|N|84|20|32|W|type:city}} (33.098970, -84.342140).<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 {{cvt|9.2|km2|order=flip|sigfig=3}}, of which {{cvt|3.5|sqmi}} is land and {{cvt|0.04|sqmi}} (1.13%) is water.

Soils in Zebulon have dark reddish brown loamy surface horizons over red to dark red clay and are mostly mapped as Davidson or Lloyd series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspx|title = Web Soil Survey| publisher= National Resources Conservation Service, US Department of Agriculture| website= nrcs.usda.gov| date= | access-date= }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 245
|1890= 315
|1900= 361
|1910= 602
|1920= 629
|1930= 576
|1940= 543
|1950= 539
|1960= 563
|1970= 776
|1980= 995
|1990= 1035
|2000= 1181
|2010= 1174
|2020= 1225
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Zebulon racial composition as of 2020<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1385128&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-13|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|778
|63.51%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|318
|25.96%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|10
|0.82%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|65
|5.31%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|54
|4.41%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,225 people, 424 households, and 245 families residing in the city.

==Economy==
[[United Bank (Atlanta metropolitan area)|United Bank]] is located in Zebulon.

==Education==

===Higher education===
[[Georgia Military College]] has an extension campus near Zebulon City Hall.

=== Pike County School District ===
The [[Pike County School District]] serves Zebulon. The school district has one Pre-K school<ref name= Pre-K>{{cite web| url= https://prekindergarten.pike.k12.ga.us| title= Pike County Pre-Kindergarten |website= pike.k12.ga.us| publisher= Pike County Schools| date= | access-date= September 9, 2021}}</ref> (lottery funded),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enrolling in Georgia's Pre-K Program |url=https://www.decal.ga.gov/bfts/enrollinginprek.aspx#:~:text=Georgia's%20Pre-K%20Program%20is,Kindergarten%20and%20later%20school%20years. |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=www.decal.ga.gov}}</ref> a primary school (K–2), an elementary school (3–5), a middle school (6–8), a ninth grade academy<ref name= About>{{cite web| url= https://pike.k12.ga.us/about-us/| title= About Pike County Schools| publisher= Pike County Schools| website= pike.k12.ga.us| date= | access-date= September 9, 2021}}</ref> and two high schools.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://archives.gadoe.org/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=714&T=0&FY=2018 |title= Schools in Pike County| website= gadoe.org| publisher= Georgia Department of Education| access-date= June 25, 2010}}</ref> In 2004, the district had 156 full-time teachers and over 2,800 students.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.school-stats.com/GA/PIKE/PIKE_COUNTY.html |title= Pike County Schools| website= School-Stats.com| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120405182947/http://www.school-stats.com/GA/PIKE/PIKE_COUNTY.html| archivedate= April 5, 2012 |publisher= | date= 2004| access-date= September 9, 2021}}</ref> In 2021, it reported 3,500 students.<ref name= About />
*Pike County Pre-K School<ref name= Pre-K />
*Pike County Primary School
*Pike County Elementary School
*Pike County Middle School
*Pike County Ninth Grade Academy<ref name= NGA>{{cite web| url= https://ninthgradeacademy.pike.k12.ga.us/| title= Pike County 9th Grade Academy| website= pike.k12.ga.us| publisher= Pike County Schools| date= | access-date= September 9, 2021}}</ref>
*Pike County High School
*Zebulon High School

==Notability and popular culture appearances==
Singer/songwriter [[Vic Chesnutt]] was raised in Zebulon. In 2006, he was ranked by Robin Hilton of NPR as the #5 living songwriter.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5536035|title=The Best Living Songwriters| website= NPR | date= July 5, 2006| first= Robin| last= Hilton| access-date= September 9, 2021}}</ref><ref name=profile/>

The courthouse in Zebulon can be seen in the 1983 television film ''[[Murder in Coweta County (film)|Murder in Coweta County]]'' starring [[Andy Griffith]] and [[Johnny Cash]]. The 1984 movie ''[[Tank (film)|Tank]]'' starring [[James Garner]] was filmed in and around the town.

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