Box Springs, Georgia

Coordinates: 32°31′58″N 84°39′40″W / 32.53278°N 84.66111°W / 32.53278; -84.66111
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Box Springs, Georgia
ZIP code
31801
Area code(s)706 & 762
GNIS feature ID354828[1]

Box Springs is an

ZIP code 31801.[2][3]

The 2020 census listed a population of 303.[4]

History

A post office has been in operation at Box Springs since 1853.[5] The community was named for a local spring that was boxed in and used as a watering stop for the railroad. Pipes were run from the "boxed-spring" to a water tower adjacent to the tracks. The name Boxed Spring was later changed to Box Springs, as it was easier to pronounce.[6]

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the "Town of Box Springs" in 1913.[7] The town's charter was dissolved in 1931.[6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020303—
U.S. Decennial Census[8]
2020[9]

Box Springs was first listed as a

census designated place in the 2020 census.[9]

2020 census

Box Springs CDP, Georgia – Racial and Ethnic Composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2020[9] % 2020
White
alone (NH) 		157 51.82%
Black or African American
alone (NH) 		131 43.23%
Alaska Native
alone (NH) 		0 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 4 1.32%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11 3.63%
Total 303 100.00%

References

  1. ^ "Box Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  4. ^ "Box Springs CDP, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  5. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. ^
    ISBN 0-915430-00-2
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  7. ^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Clark & Hines, State Printers. 1913. p. 623.
  8. US Census Bureau
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  9. ^ a b c "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Box Springs CDP, Georgia". United States Census Bureau.


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