Ideal, Georgia

Ideal is a city in Macon County, Georgia, United States. The population was 407 at the 2020 census,<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 499 in 2010.

History

The town was originally named "Joetown", but when two railroad executives stopped in the town, one proclaimed it an "ideal" place for a railroad station, and the other declared he'd just named it.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Ideal as a town in 1906.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

Ideal is located in western Macon County at Template:Coord (32.372918, -84.188822).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> Georgia State Route 90 passes through the center of town, leading southeast Template:Convert to Oglethorpe, the county seat, and northwest Template:Convert to Rupert.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 0.95%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> It resides at the confluence of Whitewater and Cedar creeks, two spring-fed tributaries of the Flint River.

Demographics

Ideal racial composition as of 2020<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	113	27.76%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	270	66.34%
Asian	1	0.25%
Other/Mixed	21	5.16%
Hispanic or Latino	2	0.49%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 407 people, 124 households, and 64 families residing in the city.

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