Pelham, Georgia

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Pelham is a city in Mitchell County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,507 at the 2020 census,<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 3,898 in 2010. Pelham is well known for its agriculture, with vast farming of cotton and pecans in the area.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Pelham was incorporated in 1881 and named in honor of Confederate officer John Pelham,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> who was born to a family of slave owners in northeastern Alabama in 1838.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

Pelham is in southeastern Mitchell County at Template:Coord (31.126629, -84.152703),<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> sitting at the crossroads of US 19 and State Route 93. U.S. 19 passes through the east side of the city and leads northwest Template:Convert to Camilla, the county seat, and southeast Template:Convert to Thomasville. State Route 93 passes through the center of town, leading northeast Template:Convert to Sale City and south Template:Convert to Cairo, while State Route 65 leads west from Pelham Template:Convert to Hopeful.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Pelham has a total area of Template:Convert, all of it recorded as land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

Pelham has a humid subtropical climate, characterized by humid summers and mild winters. It receives an average of Template:Convert of rain per year. The average number of days with any measurable precipitation is 90. Pelham has on average 233 sunny days per year. The July high is around Template:Convert, while the January low is Template:Convert.

Demographics

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

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	1,174	33.48%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	2,082	59.37%
Native American	6	0.17%
Asian	16	0.46%
Other/Mixed	111	3.17%
Hispanic or Latino	118	3.36%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,507 people, 1,325 households, and 857 families residing in the city.

Education

The Pelham City School District, which conforms to the municipal boundaries,<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref> holds pre-school to grade 12, and consists of one elementary school, a middle school and a high school.<ref>Georgia Board of EducationTemplate:Dead link, Retrieved June 24, 2010.</ref> The district has 101 full-time teachers and over 1,627 students.<ref>School Stats, Retrieved June 24, 2010.</ref>

• Pelham Elementary School
• Pelham City Middle School
• Pelham High School

Notable people

• Donnie Cochran, former commander of the Blue Angels Precision Air team and first black member
• Don Griffin, two-time Super Bowl winner with San Francisco 49'ers

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