Alamo, Georgia: Difference between revisions

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Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Alamo is a town in Wheeler County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 771. The town is the county seat of Wheeler County.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref>

Alamo was founded in 1890 as a stop on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. It was named for the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Alamo was chartered in 1909.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Alamo's courthouse was built in 1917 and is on the National Register of Historical Places. The Lamplighter Little Theatre dates back to 1919.

Alamo is located at Template:Coord.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, of which, Template:Convert is land and 0.52% is water.

The main soil in and around Alamo is Tifton loamy sand.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

**Alamo town, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition**
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref>	Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	% 2010	% 2010	Template:Partial
White alone (NH)	895	1,077	349	46.06%	38.51%	45.27%
Black or African American alone (NH)	1,021	1,587	361	52.55%	56.74%	46.82%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	0	0	2	0.00%	0.00%	0.26%
Asian alone (NH)	0	3	2	0.00%	0.11%	0.26%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	0	2	0	0.00%	0.07%	0.00%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	9	7	19	0.46%	0.25%	2.46%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	18	121	38	0.93%	4.33%	4.93%
Total	1,943	2,797	771	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 771 people, 760 households, and 492 families residing in the town.

The Wheeler County School District holds grades pre-school to grade 12, and consists of one elementary school and a middle-high school.<ref>Georgia Board of Education Template:Dead link, Retrieved June 30, 2010.</ref> The district has 82 full-time teachers and over 1,150 students.<ref>School Stats, Retrieved June 30, 2010.</ref>