Andersonville (Georgia)
| Andersonville | |
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| Nickname : Anderson, Anderson Station | |
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| State : | United States |
| State : | Georgia |
| County : | Sumter County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 12 ′ N , 84 ° 9 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 255 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 75 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.4 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 3.4 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 121 m |
| Postal code : | 31711 |
| Area code : | +1 229 |
| FIPS : | 13-02256 |
| GNIS ID : | 0354310 |
| Website : | www.andersonvillegeorgia.info |
Andersonville is a city in Sumter County in the US state of Georgia with 255 inhabitants (as of 2010).
geography
Andersonville is about 15 km northeast of Americus and about 200 km south of Atlanta .
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history
The small village of Anderson was named after John Anderson, a director of the South Western Railroad in 1853, when the route from Oglethorpe to Americus was extended. The place was known as Anderson Station until the U.S. Post Office opened in November 1855. The government renamed the place from "Anderson" to "Andersonville" to avoid confusion with the post office in Anderson, South Carolina .
During the Civil War taught the Confederate Army Camp Sumter in Andersonville one to incoming prisoners of war of the Union to accommodate. The overcrowded Andersonville Prison was notorious for its poor conditions, in which nearly 13,000 prisoners died.
During the war, the city also served as a supply warehouse. It included a post office, depot, blacksmith shop and stable, a few general stores, two salons, a school, a Methodist church, and about a dozen houses. Ben Dykes, who owned the land on which the prison was built, was both depot agent and postmaster.
Until the prison was built, the area was entirely dependent on agriculture, backed by dark reddish brown sandy loam that was later mapped as the Greenville and Red Bay soil series. After the closure of the prison and the end of the war, the city continued to be economically dependent on agriculture, especially the cultivation of cotton as a raw material crop. The city has hardly changed over the years.
It was not until 1968, when the large-scale mining of kaolin , kaolin bauxite and bauxite by '' Mulcoa, Mullite Company of America '' began, that the cityscape fundamentally changed. Over 2000 tons of refined ore are mined in Andersonville every week on an area of approximately 8.1 km 2 (2000 acres).
In 1974 longtime Mayor Lewis Easterlin and a group of concerned citizens decided to promote tourism in the city; they emphasized their history and rebuilt the main street to look like it was during the American Civil War. The city of Andersonville and the Andersonville National Historic Site , location of the prison camp, have become popular tourist attractions.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 308 | - | |
| 1900 | 245 | - | |
| 1910 | 174 | -29% | |
| 1920 | 196 | 12.6% | |
| 1930 | 231 | 17.9% | |
| 1940 | 211 | -8.7% | |
| 1950 | 281 | 33.2% | |
| 1960 | 263 | -6.4% | |
| 1970 | 274 | 4.2% | |
| 1980 | 267 | -2.6% | |
| 1990 | 277 | 3.7% | |
| 2000 | 331 | 19.5% | |
| 2010 | 255 | -23% | |
| 2016 estimate | 234 | -8.2% | |
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According to the 2010 census, the then 255 inhabitants were distributed over 98 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.60 people per household. There are a total of 141 households.
73.5% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.90 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 34.7% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 29.6% of all households.
24.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 22.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 42 years. 46.3% of the population were male and 53.7% were female.
60.8% of the population identified themselves as whites , 35.3% as African American and 1.6% as Indians . 0.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.6% to several ethnic groups. 3.1% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .
The average annual income per household was 29,792 USD , while 22.4% of the population lived below the poverty line.
Attractions
The Andersonville National Historic Site and the Pennington-Horne Lithic Site are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
traffic
Andersonville is crossed by Georgia State Routes 49 , 228, and 271 . The nearest airport is Columbus Metropolitan Airport (around 100 km northwest).
Web links
- Website of the city (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kenneth K. Krakow: Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins . Ed .: Winship Press. Macon, GA 1975, ISBN 0-915430-00-2 , pp. 5 , col. 2 (English, 11 p., Kenkrakow.com [PDF; 168 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2018]).
- ↑ Kennedy Hickman: American Civil War: Andersonville Prison . May 16, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ Reading 1: Andersonville Prison . National Park Service. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ Population and Housing Unit Estimates . Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ Census of Population and Housing . Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved November 6, 2018.
- ↑ GEORGIA - Sumter County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed November 6, 2018 .