Butts County, Georgia
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Congressional district | 10th |
Website | buttscountyga |
Butts County is a
Butts County is included in the
History
Butts County was formed on December 24, 1825, as the sixty-fourth county in Georgia from portions of Henry County and Monroe County. It was named by the
Much of Butts County and its cities were destroyed by the army of General
Progress milestones in Butts County include the first telephones in 1884; first waterworks in 1905; electric lights on February 19, 1907; and traffic lights in 1926.
In 2007, Butts County, along with the city of Flovilla were both designated as Georgia Signature Communities by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. This prestigious designation was given to a total of 12 communities in Georgia that year.
Geography
According to the
Major highways
- Interstate 75
- U.S. Route 23
- State Route 16
- State Route 36
- State Route 42
- State Route 87
- State Route 401(unsigned designation for I-75)
Adjacent counties
- Newton County(north)
- Jasper County(east)
- Monroe County(south)
- Lamar County(southwest)
- Spalding County(west)
- Henry County(northwest)
Communities
Cities
Unincorporated communities
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1830 | 4,944 | — | |
1840 | 5,308 | 7.4% | |
1850 | 6,488 | 22.2% | |
1860 | 6,455 | −0.5% | |
1870 | 6,941 | 7.5% | |
1880 | 8,311 | 19.7% | |
1890 | 10,565 | 27.1% | |
1900 | 12,805 | 21.2% | |
1910 | 13,624 | 6.4% | |
1920 | 12,327 | −9.5% | |
1930 | 9,345 | −24.2% | |
1940 | 9,182 | −1.7% | |
1950 | 9,079 | −1.1% | |
1960 | 8,976 | −1.1% | |
1970 | 10,560 | 17.6% | |
1980 | 13,665 | 29.4% | |
1990 | 15,326 | 12.2% | |
2000 | 19,522 | 27.4% | |
2010 | 23,655 | 21.2% | |
2020 | 25,434 | 7.5% | |
2023 (est.) | 26,887 | [9] | 5.7% |
U.S. Decennial Census[10] 1790-1880[11]1890-1910[12] 1920-1930[13] 1930-1940[14] 1940-1950[15] 1960-1980[16] 1980-2000[17] 2010[2] 2020[1] |
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White (non-Hispanic)
|
16,628 | 65.38% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|
6,808 | 26.77% |
Native American
|
39 | 0.15% |
Asian
|
102 | 0.4% |
Pacific Islander
|
9 | 0.04% |
Other/Mixed
|
1,045 | 4.11% |
Latino
|
803 | 3.16% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 25,434 people, 8,279 households, and 5,823 families residing in the county.
Media
Butts County has one radio station:
The fact that Butts County serves as the filming location for key events in the show has already led fans there after just two seasons. Other shows which have filmed in the area include
Government and infrastructure
County government
Butts County is governed by a Board of Commissioners composed of one commissioner from each of the county's five electoral districts. The commission members serve four year, staggered terms. The Board is presided over by the chairman, elected annually from the members of the commission to chair the meetings of the Board. The Board employs a County Administrator, Deputy County Administrator, County Clerk and nine department managers to oversee the daily affairs of the government.
There are four Constitutional Officers and three Elected Officials who are elected at-large by the voters of the county. The Constitutional Officers include the Sheriff; Tax Commissioner; Probate Judge and Clerk of the Superior Court. Elected officials include the Magistrate Judge; Coroner and County Surveyor. Other services are provided by departments headed by appointees of the Board of Commissioners.
In 2008, a movement began to create an elected, at-large chairman position to serve as presiding officer over the Board of Commissioners. This movement lost ground in 2009 and has not been revisited.
State representation
The Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison of the Georgia Department of Corrections is a maximum security prison in unincorporated Butts County. It is home to Georgia's death row for men and Georgia's execution facility.[20] The prison is also home to maximum security general population (non-death row).
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 8,406 | 71.38% | 3,274 | 27.80% | 96 | 0.82% |
2016 | 6,717 | 70.60% | 2,566 | 26.97% | 231 | 2.43% |
2012 | 6,306 | 67.09% | 2,968 | 31.57% | 126 | 1.34% |
2008 | 5,947 | 65.32% | 3,065 | 33.67% | 92 | 1.01% |
2004 | 5,119 | 66.12% | 2,572 | 33.22% | 51 | 0.66% |
2000 | 3,198 | 56.75% | 2,281 | 40.48% | 156 | 2.77% |
1996 | 2,027 | 42.61% | 2,271 | 47.74% | 459 | 9.65% |
1992 | 1,768 | 36.45% | 2,448 | 50.46% | 635 | 13.09% |
1988 | 2,184 | 55.66% | 1,730 | 44.09% | 10 | 0.25% |
1984 | 2,141 | 54.05% | 1,820 | 45.95% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 1,210 | 31.47% | 2,574 | 66.94% | 61 | 1.59% |
1976 | 819 | 22.03% | 2,898 | 77.97% | 0 | 0.00% |
1972 | 1,968 | 73.02% | 727 | 26.98% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 584 | 19.25% | 959 | 31.62% | 1,490 | 49.13% |
1964 | 1,261 | 45.12% | 1,534 | 54.88% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 382 | 18.59% | 1,673 | 81.41% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 323 | 14.63% | 1,885 | 85.37% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 189 | 9.00% | 1,910 | 91.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 61 | 5.22% | 987 | 84.50% | 120 | 10.27% |
1944 | 85 | 6.01% | 1,330 | 93.99% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 87 | 7.90% | 1,012 | 91.92% | 2 | 0.18% |
1936 | 28 | 3.28% | 820 | 96.13% | 5 | 0.59% |
1932 | 21 | 1.22% | 1,693 | 98.14% | 11 | 0.64% |
1928 | 148 | 14.89% | 846 | 85.11% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 50 | 8.61% | 493 | 84.85% | 38 | 6.54% |
1920 | 141 | 21.93% | 502 | 78.07% | 0 | 0.00% |
1916 | 27 | 4.01% | 595 | 88.28% | 52 | 7.72% |
1912 | 46 | 8.17% | 490 | 87.03% | 27 | 4.80% |
Education
All parts of the county are in the Butts County School District.[22]
See also
References
- ^ a b c US 2020 Census Bureau report, Butts County, Georgia
- ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Centers of Population by State: 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ^ Georgia.gov profile of Butts County
- ^ New Georgia Encyclopedia entry for Butts County, Georgia
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience". Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
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- US Census Bureau. 1910.
- US Census Bureau. 1930.
- US Census Bureau. 1940.
- US Census Bureau. 1950.
- US Census Bureau. 1980.
- US Census Bureau. 2000.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Georgia Locations for Netflix's 'Stranger Things'". Deep South Magazine. Deep South Media. July 28, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
Georgia's small towns outside of Atlanta, including Douglasville, Conyers, Jackson, Winston and Fayetteville, easily pass for the Midwest, and Jackson's intact downtown isn't a far stretch from 1983 Hawkins on film.
- ^ "Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Archived 2010-04-23 at the Wayback Machine." Georgia Department of Corrections. Retrieved on July 18, 2010. "HWY 36 WEST" "JACKSON, GA 30233." and the travel directions "Take I-75 south toward Macon to Exit 201, Jackson/Barnesville. Exit and turn left, go over the bridge and travel approximately ¼ mile. Go through two lights and you will see the entrance to the Diagnostic Center ahead on the left, several truck stops and fueling stations on the right. Turn left on Prison Boulevard and follow it to the facility."
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022. - Text list
External links
- Butts County Board of Commissioners Official Site
- Butts County Historical Society Archived March 5, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
- Butts County historical marker