Jeffersonville, Georgia

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox settlement The city of Jeffersonville is the largest city and county seat of Twiggs County, Georgia, United States.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> The population was 1,035 at the 2010 census, down from 1,209 in 2000.

Jeffersonville is part of the Macon metropolitan statistical area.

History

The city was named after the Jefferson family of settlers.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Jeffersonville was named county seat in 1868, when the seat was transferred from Marion.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

Jeffersonville is located at Template:Coord (32.683982, -83.339683).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

The city is located in the central part of the state, very close to the geographic center of the state. Interstate 16 runs northwest to southeast just south of the city, leading southeast 148 mi (238 km) to Savannah and northwest 25 mi (40 km) to Macon. U.S. Route 80 travels through the city, as well as state routes 18 and 96.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.

Demographics

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

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	307	31.42%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	632	64.69%
Asian	12	1.23%
Other/Mixed	12	1.23%
Hispanic or Latino	14	1.43%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 977 people, 375 households, and 199 families residing in the city.

Education

Twiggs County School District

The Twiggs County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of four elementary schools (two include pre-school programs), a middle school and a high school.<ref>Georgia Board of EducationTemplate:Dead link, Retrieved June 29, 2010.</ref> The district has 100 full-time teachers and over 1,489 students.<ref>School Stats, Retrieved June 29, 2010.</ref>

• Jeffersonville Elementary
• Twiggs Middle School
• Twiggs County High School

Private education

• Twiggs Academy