Wheeler County, Georgia
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Congressional district | 12th |
Website | wheelercounty |
Wheeler County is a
History
Wheeler County is named after Confederate General Joseph Wheeler.[6] The constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed August 14, 1912, and ratified November 5, 1912.
Geography
According to the
The eastern portion of Wheeler County, defined by a line running from north of Alamo to the southern border of the county, due south of Mount Vernon, is located in the Lower Oconee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin. The bulk of the rest of the county is located in the Little Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the same Altamaha River basin, except for a small southern portion of Wheeler County, east of Lumber City, which is located in the Lower Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the larger Altamaha River basin.[8]
Major highways
- U.S. Route 280
- U.S. Route 319
- U.S. Route 441
- State Route 19
- State Route 30
- State Route 31
- State Route 46
- State Route 126
- State Route 149
Adjacent counties
- Treutlen County (north)
- Montgomery County (east)
- Jeff Davis County (southeast)
- Telfair County (southwest)
- Dodge County (west)
- Laurens County (northwest)
Communities
City
Town
- Alamo (county seat)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1920 | 9,817 | — | |
1930 | 9,149 | −6.8% | |
1940 | 8,535 | −6.7% | |
1950 | 6,712 | −21.4% | |
1960 | 5,342 | −20.4% | |
1970 | 4,596 | −14.0% | |
1980 | 5,155 | 12.2% | |
1990 | 4,903 | −4.9% | |
2000 | 6,179 | 26.0% | |
2010 | 7,421 | 20.1% | |
2020 | 7,471 | 0.7% | |
2023 (est.) | 7,081 | [9] | −5.2% |
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 (non-Hispanic)
|
4,157 | 55.64% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|
2,875 | 38.48% |
Native American
|
9 | 0.12% |
Asian
|
17 | 0.23% |
Other/Mixed
|
141 | 1.89% |
Latino
|
272 | 3.64% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,471 people, 1,862 households, and 1,159 families residing in the county.
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 1,583 | 69.28% | 689 | 30.15% | 13 | 0.57% |
2016 | 1,421 | 67.60% | 646 | 30.73% | 35 | 1.67% |
2012 | 1,366 | 63.09% | 772 | 35.66% | 27 | 1.25% |
2008 | 1,408 | 63.60% | 794 | 35.86% | 12 | 0.54% |
2004 | 1,192 | 58.03% | 847 | 41.24% | 15 | 0.73% |
2000 | 813 | 51.62% | 752 | 47.75% | 10 | 0.63% |
1996 | 460 | 33.90% | 751 | 55.34% | 146 | 10.76% |
1992 | 601 | 35.37% | 880 | 51.80% | 218 | 12.83% |
1988 | 709 | 51.64% | 658 | 47.92% | 6 | 0.44% |
1984 | 833 | 51.84% | 774 | 48.16% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 550 | 25.16% | 1,599 | 73.15% | 37 | 1.69% |
1976 | 344 | 19.98% | 1,378 | 80.02% | 0 | 0.00% |
1972 | 1,093 | 78.80% | 294 | 21.20% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 251 | 15.00% | 488 | 29.17% | 934 | 55.83% |
1964 | 849 | 46.42% | 980 | 53.58% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 226 | 18.90% | 970 | 81.10% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 149 | 13.06% | 992 | 86.94% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 261 | 16.94% | 1,280 | 83.06% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 39 | 4.41% | 560 | 63.28% | 286 | 32.32% |
1944 | 151 | 22.60% | 517 | 77.40% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 117 | 19.02% | 495 | 80.49% | 3 | 0.49% |
1936 | 94 | 13.64% | 594 | 86.21% | 1 | 0.15% |
1932 | 29 | 2.51% | 1,127 | 97.41% | 1 | 0.09% |
1928 | 101 | 24.46% | 312 | 75.54% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 0 | 0.00% | 772 | 88.84% | 97 | 11.16% |
1920 | 101 | 22.39% | 350 | 77.61% | 0 | 0.00% |
1916 | 40 | 9.03% | 372 | 83.97% | 31 | 7.00% |
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wheeler County, Georgia
- List of counties in Georgia
References
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- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- United States counties by per capita income
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- ^ "Wheeler Correctional Facility". Correctional Corporation of America. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
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- ^ "1940 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1940.
- ^ "1950 Census of Population - Georgia -" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1950.
- ^ "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1980.
- ^ "2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000.
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