Junction City, Georgia

Coordinates: 32°36′11″N 84°27′29″W / 32.60306°N 84.45806°W / 32.60306; -84.45806
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Junction City, Georgia
FIPS code
13-42800[3]
GNIS feature ID316309[2]

Junction City is a town in Talbot County, Georgia, United States. The population was 138 at the 2020 census.

History

Junction City was platted at the site of a railway junction, hence the name.[4] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Junction City as a town in 1906.[5]

Geography

Junction City is located at 32°36′11″N 84°27′29″W / 32.60306°N 84.45806°W / 32.60306; -84.45806 (32.603083, -84.458190).[6]

The city is located along the Fall Line Freeway (GA state routes 96 and 540), which runs west to east through the town, leading east 15 mi (24 km) to Butler and west 39 mi (63 km) to Columbus. Georgia State Route 90 also runs through the town, leading northwest 8 mi (13 km) to Talbotton, the county seat, and southeast 8 mi (13 km) to Mauk.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), of which 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (2.35%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1910225—
192032343.6%
19303415.6%
1940326−4.4%
1950259−20.6%
1960226−12.7%
197026919.0%
1980254−5.6%
1990182−28.3%
2000179−1.6%
2010177−1.1%
2020138−22.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1850-1870[8] 1880[9]
1890-1910[10] 1920-1930[11]
1930-1940[12] 1940-1950[13]
1960-1980[14] 1980-2000[15]
Junction City, 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 2000[16] Pop 2010[17] Pop 2020[18] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White
alone (NH) 		68 35 38 37.99% 19.77% 27.54%
Black or African American
alone (NH) 		108 135 98 60.34% 76.27% 71.01%
Alaska Native
alone (NH) 		2 0 0 1.12% 0.00% 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 0 1 2 0.00% 0.56% 1.45%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1 6 0 0.56% 3.39% 0.00%
Total 179 177 138 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

Junction City first appeared in the

1910 U.S. census, with a population of 225.[10] As of the 2020 census
, its population was 138.

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Junction City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ISBN 0-915430-00-2
    .
  5. ^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Clark & Hines, State Printers. 1906. p. 826.
  6. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  7. US Census Bureau
    .
  8. US Census Bureau
    . 1870.
  9. US Census Bureau
    . 1880.
  10. ^
    US Census Bureau
    . 1930.
  11. US Census Bureau
    . 1930. p. 253.
  12. US Census Bureau
    . 1940.
  13. US Census Bureau
    . 1980.
  14. US Census Bureau
    . 1980.
  15. US Census Bureau
    . 2000.
  16. ^ "P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Junction City, Georgia". United States Census Bureau.
  17. ^ "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Junction City, Georgia". United States Census Bureau.
  18. ^ "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Junction City, Georgia". United States Census Bureau.
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