Oglethorpe, Georgia
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Oglethorpe is a city in Macon County, Georgia, United States. The population was 995 at the 2020 census,<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 1,328 in 2010. The city is the county seat of Macon County.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> It was named for Georgia's founder, James Oglethorpe.
History
[edit]Oglethorpe was founded in 1838. It was located in the Black Belt of Georgia, where slaves outnumbered whites and did the work to support cultivation of cotton as a commodity crop. Oglethorpe was incorporated as a town in 1849 and as a city in 1852. In 1857, the seat of Macon County was transferred to Oglethorpe from Lanier.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Oglethorpe was once one of the largest cities in southwestern Georgia. Epidemics of malaria and smallpox caused high fatalities in the early 1860s; the remaining residents in Oglethorpe fled south to Americus to escape more disease.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Geography
[edit]Oglethorpe is located in south-central Macon County at Template:Coord (32.293328, -84.062616).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> It sits on high ground west of the Flint River, which forms the boundary between Oglethorpe and the larger city of Montezuma.
Georgia State Route 49 passes through the center of town as Chatham Street. It leads east into Montezuma and northeast Template:Convert to Marshallville, while to the southwest it leads Template:Convert to Americus. State Route 90 enters from the north on North Randolph Street and Sumter Street and leaves to the east on Chatham Street. It connects Oglethorpe with Rupert Template:Convert to the northwest and with Vienna Template:Convert to the southeast. State Route 128 leaves Oglethorpe to the north with SR 90 but leads Template:Convert to Reynolds. State Route 26 (Riverview Drive) passes through the south side of Oglethorpe, leading east through Montezuma Template:Convert to Hawkinsville and west Template:Convert to Ellaville.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Oglethorpe has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 2.34%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>
Demographics
[edit]Oglethorpe first appeared in the 1850 U.S. census.<ref name=1870CensusGA/>
| 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> | % 2000 | % 2010 | Template:Partial |
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| White alone (NH) | 328 | 376 | 222 | 27.33% | 28.31% | 22.31% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 842 | 893 | 685 | 70.17% | 67.24% | 68.84% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.25% | 0.08% | 0.20% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 9 | 11 | 9 | 0.75% | 0.83% | 0.90% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | 0.08% | 0.10% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.33% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| Mixed race or multiracial (NH) | 4 | 4 | 21 | 0.33% | 0.30% | 2.11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 10 | 42 | 53 | 0.83% | 3.16% | 5.33% |
| Total | 1,200 | 1,328 | 995 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 995 people, 561 households, and 351 families residing in the city.
Education
[edit]Macon County School District
[edit]The Macon County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.<ref>Georgia Board of EducationTemplate:Dead link, Retrieved June 23, 2010.</ref> The district has 129 full-time teachers and over 2,200 students.<ref>School Stats, Retrieved June 23, 2010.</ref>
- Macon County Elementary School
- Macon County Middle School
- Macon County High School
References
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External links
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