Thunderbolt, Georgia
Thunderbolt, Georgia | |
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Coordinates: 32°1′56″N 81°3′6″W / 32.03222°N 81.05167°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia |
County | Chatham |
Area | |
• Total | 1.56 sq mi (4.04 km2) |
• Land | 1.34 sq mi (3.48 km2) |
• Water | 0.22 sq mi (0.56 km2) |
Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,556 |
• Density | 1,903.20/sq mi (734.87/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 31404, 31410 |
Area code | 912 |
FIPS code | 13-76364[3] |
GNIS feature ID | 0333226[2] |
Website | www |
Thunderbolt (/ˈ
History
[edit]An early variant name was "Warsaw". The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the town as "Warsaw" in 1856.[4] Coincidentally, Casimir Pulaski died in Thunderbolt, who was born in Warsaw, Poland. An act of legislature officially changed the town's name to "Thunderbolt" in 1921.[5]
According to tradition, Thunderbolt was named from an incident when lightning strike caused a spring to open up.[6]
Geography
[edit]Thunderbolt is located at 32°1'56" North, 81°3'6" West (32.032111, -81.051733).[7]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km2), of which 1.3 square miles (3.3 km2) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.5 km2) is water.
Demographics
[edit]Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1910 | 543 | — | |
1920 | 721 | 32.8% | |
1930 | 802 | 11.2% | |
1940 | 886 | 10.5% | |
1950 | 1,238 | 39.7% | |
1960 | 1,925 | 55.5% | |
1970 | 2,750 | 42.9% | |
1980 | 2,165 | −21.3% | |
1990 | 2,786 | 28.7% | |
2000 | 2,340 | −16.0% | |
2010 | 2,668 | 14.0% | |
2020 | 2,556 | −4.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] |
Race | Num. | Perc. |
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White (non-Hispanic) | 1,376 | 53.83% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 639 | 25.0% |
Native American | 1 | 0.04% |
Asian | 81 | 3.17% |
Other/Mixed | 115 | 4.5% |
Hispanic or Latino | 344 | 13.46% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,556 people, 1,091 households, and 516 families residing in the town.
See also
[edit]- Samuel Bowen, who grew the first soya beans introduced to North America in Thunderbolt.
References
[edit]- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thunderbolt, Georgia
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 226. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
- ^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly. 1921. p. 1122.
- ^ Candler, Allen Daniel; Evans, Clement Anselm (1906). Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons. State historical association. p. 443.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 14, 2021.