Alamo (Georgia)

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Alamo
The Wheeler County Courthouse in Alamo, listed on the NRHP since 1980 [1]
The Wheeler County Courthouse in Alamo, listed on the NRHP since 1980
County and state location
Wheeler County Georgia Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Alamo Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : August 16, 1909
State : United States
State : Georgia
County : Wheeler County
Coordinates : 31 ° 8 ′  N , 83 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 31 ° 8 ′  N , 83 ° 26 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2,797 (as of 2010)
Population density : 559.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5 km 2  (about 2 mi 2 ) of
which 5 km 2  (about 2 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 70 m
Postal code : 30411
Area code : +1 912
FIPS : 13-00996
GNIS ID : 0331008

Alamo is a city and also the county seat of Wheeler County in the US state of Georgia with 2797 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Alamo is located approximately 150 miles southeast of Atlanta .

history

The settlement, which developed around 1890 near a former railroad depot , was promoted to town in 1909 and has served as Wheeler County's administrative seat since its founding in 1912 . The name of the city (Spanish for poplar ) was proposed by the daughter of the judge and later Senator John McCrae in memory of a former mission station in San Antonio . The first mayor of the Alamo was JM Fordham.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 2797 inhabitants were distributed over 363 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.44 people per household. There are a total of 418 households.

66.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.01 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 35.3% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 30.6% of all households.

10.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 48.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 32.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 8.5% were over 60. The mean age was 35 years. 83.0% of the population were male and 17.0% were female.

40.9% of the population identified themselves as whites , 57.7% as African American and 0.1% as Asian Americans . 1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.3% to several ethnic groups. 4.3% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 28,929  USD , while 32.2% of the population lived below the poverty line.

The clear surplus of men results from the fact that a private penal institution was opened in Alamo on behalf of the State of Georgia in 1998 .

Attractions

It is not known where Wheeler County's court was held between 1912 and 1914, the first two years after it was founded. In 1914 a courthouse was built, which was completely destroyed by fire in 1916. The neoclassical building, created to replace it in 1917, has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980 .

Public facilities

The Alamo has two public schools, Wheeler County Elementary and Wheeler County High School . There is no public hospital in the city . The closest clinics are in Glenwood and McRae.

traffic

Alamo is crossed by US Highway 280 and Georgia State Route 126 . The nearest airport is Savannah / Hilton Head Airport (180 km east).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 69 points (US average: 266 points) in the low range. There was one assault, eleven break-ins, twenty thefts, and one car theft.

Web links

Commons : Alamo, Georgia  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
  • Alamo on georgia.gov, accessed August 15, 2017

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 1980. Retrieved May 3, 2011
  2. ^ A b Wheeler County Courthouse. In: Georgia Info. Digital Library of Georgia, accessed February 13, 2009 .
  3. ↑ Elizabeth B. Cooksey: Wheeler County. In: The New Georgia Encyclopedia. Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press, September 27, 2007, accessed February 13, 2009 .
  4. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  5. ↑ Private Prisons. Georgia Department of Corrections, archived from the original January 15, 2009 ; accessed on October 29, 2018 (English).
  6. ^ National Register of Historical Places. American Dreams Inc, accessed February 12, 2009 .
  7. ↑ GEORGIA - Wheeler County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed October 28, 2018 .
  8. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Alamo-Georgia.html