Chattahoochee County, Georgia
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Congressional district | 2nd |
Website | www |
Chattahoochee County, also known as Cusseta-Chattahoochee County,
Chattahoochee County is included in the
History
This area was occupied by the historic
The Georgia General Assembly created Chattahoochee County on February 13, 1854, from portions of
The original courthouse, built in 1854 by enslaved African Americans, is preserved at the tourist attraction of Westville in Columbus, Georgia.
Since 1918, most of the land in Chattahoochee County has been part of the Fort Moore military reservation.[6]
Geography
According to the
The vast majority of Chattahoochee County is located in the Middle Chattahoochee River-Walter F. George Lake subbasin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The very small southeastern corner of the county is located in the Kinchafoonee-Muckalee subbasin of the same larger ACF Basin.[8] The county forms part of the West Georgia region.
Major highways
- U.S. Route 27
- U.S. Route 280
- State Route 1
- State Route 26
- State Route 355
- State Route 520
Adjacent counties
- Muscogee County (north)
- Talbot County (northeast)
- Marion County (east)
- Stewart County (south)
- Russell County, Alabama (which is west of the border of Central Standard Time border except for Phenix City, Alabama, a part of the Columbus Metropolitan Area)
Communities
Cities
Former census-designated places
- Fort Benning South (now part of Cusseta)
Unincorporated communities
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1860 | 5,797 | — | |
1870 | 6,059 | 4.5% | |
1880 | 5,670 | −6.4% | |
1890 | 4,902 | −13.5% | |
1900 | 5,790 | 18.1% | |
1910 | 5,586 | −3.5% | |
1920 | 5,266 | −5.7% | |
1930 | 8,894 | 68.9% | |
1940 | 15,138 | 70.2% | |
1950 | 12,149 | −19.7% | |
1960 | 13,011 | 7.1% | |
1970 | 25,813 | 98.4% | |
1980 | 21,732 | −15.8% | |
1990 | 16,934 | −22.1% | |
2000 | 14,882 | −12.1% | |
2010 | 11,267 | −24.3% | |
2020 | 9,565 | −15.1% | |
2023 (est.) | 8,661 | [9] | −9.5% |
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[18] |
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White
|
5,403 | 56.49% |
Black or African American
|
1,463 | 15.3% |
Native American
|
35 | 0.37% |
Asian
|
304 | 3.18% |
Pacific Islander
|
104 | 1.09% |
Other/Mixed
|
646 | 6.75% |
Latino
|
1,610 | 16.83% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 9,565 people, 2,570 households, and 1,886 families residing in the county.
Education
The Chattahoochee County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.[20] The district has 85 full-time teachers and over 1000 students.[21]
- Chattahoochee County Education Center
- Chattahoochee County Middle School
- Chattahoochee County High School
All parts of the county except Fort Moore are zoned to county schools for all grades. Fort Moore children are zoned to Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools for grades K-8.[22] However Fort Moore high school students attend the public high schools in the respective counties they are located in.[23]
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 880 | 55.63% | 667 | 42.16% | 35 | 2.21% |
2016 | 751 | 54.03% | 594 | 42.73% | 45 | 3.24% |
2012 | 735 | 49.23% | 729 | 48.83% | 29 | 1.94% |
2008 | 811 | 48.97% | 830 | 50.12% | 15 | 0.91% |
2004 | 905 | 53.55% | 773 | 45.74% | 12 | 0.71% |
2000 | 590 | 48.88% | 600 | 49.71% | 17 | 1.41% |
1996 | 398 | 36.78% | 565 | 52.22% | 119 | 11.00% |
1992 | 413 | 34.47% | 604 | 50.42% | 181 | 15.11% |
1988 | 454 | 55.57% | 362 | 44.31% | 1 | 0.12% |
1984 | 459 | 51.75% | 428 | 48.25% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 256 | 34.04% | 476 | 63.30% | 20 | 2.66% |
1976 | 178 | 26.02% | 506 | 73.98% | 0 | 0.00% |
1972 | 345 | 74.03% | 121 | 25.97% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 70 | 13.44% | 148 | 28.41% | 303 | 58.16% |
1964 | 246 | 56.29% | 191 | 43.71% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 66 | 25.78% | 190 | 74.22% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 43 | 28.67% | 107 | 71.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 73 | 38.62% | 116 | 61.38% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 1 | 0.86% | 46 | 39.66% | 69 | 59.48% |
1944 | 19 | 15.97% | 100 | 84.03% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 20 | 8.93% | 204 | 91.07% | 0 | 0.00% |
1936 | 20 | 8.85% | 206 | 91.15% | 0 | 0.00% |
1932 | 1 | 0.53% | 186 | 99.47% | 0 | 0.00% |
1928 | 18 | 11.32% | 141 | 88.68% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 14 | 6.17% | 208 | 91.63% | 5 | 2.20% |
1920 | 5 | 5.43% | 87 | 94.57% | 0 | 0.00% |
1916 | 4 | 2.42% | 156 | 94.55% | 5 | 3.03% |
1912 | 11 | 7.38% | 137 | 91.95% | 1 | 0.67% |
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Chattahoochee County, Georgia
- List of counties in Georgia
References
- ^ a b "Cusseta-Chattahoochee County". GeorgiaGov. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Chattahoochee County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Cusseta". GeorgiaGov. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ISBN 0-915430-00-2. Archived(PDF) from the original on July 10, 2003.
- ^ Grimsley, Reagan. "Chattahoochee County". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ "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 22, 2015.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- US Census Bureau.
- US Census Bureau. 1880.
- US Census Bureau. 1910.
- US Census Bureau. 1930.
- US Census Bureau. 1940.
- US Census Bureau. 1950.
- US Census Bureau. 1980.
- US Census Bureau. 2000.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Georgia Board of Education[permanent dead link], Retrieved June 3, 2010.
- ^ School Stats Archived February 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved June 3, 2010.
- - "Fort Benning Schools" refers to the DoDEA schools on Fort Benning. The document states that the county schools have high school zoning.
- ^ "Fort Benning Schools". Department of Defense Education Activity. Retrieved July 4, 2022. - The document states that the county schools have high school zoning.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
External links
- Columbus Enquirer archive at Digital Library of Georgia
- Chattahoochee County historical marker