Canoochee, Georgia Explained

Official Name:Canoochee, Georgia
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA Georgia
Pushpin Label:Canoochee
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Georgia
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Emanuel
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:6.23
Area Land Km2:6.11
Area Water Km2:0.12
Area Total Sq Mi:2.41
Area Land Sq Mi:2.36
Area Water Sq Mi:0.05
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:70
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:377
Coordinates:32.6722°N -82.1789°W
Area Code:478
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:2587027

Canoochee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Emanuel County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 70 as of the 2020 census.[2]

Georgia State Route 192 passes through the community.

Demographics

Canoochee was first listed as a CDP in the 2010 census.

Canoochee CDP, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)!Pop 2010[3] ![4] !% 2010!
White alone (NH)54style='background: #ffffe6; 5976.06%style='background: #ffffe6; 84.29%
Black or African American alone (NH)16style='background: #ffffe6; 922.54%style='background: #ffffe6; 12.86%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)0style='background: #ffffe6; 00.00%style='background: #ffffe6; 0.00%
Asian alone (NH)1style='background: #ffffe6; 01.41%style='background: #ffffe6; 0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)0style='background: #ffffe6; 00.00%style='background: #ffffe6; 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)0style='background: #ffffe6; 00.00%style='background: #ffffe6; 0.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)0style='background: #ffffe6; 20.00%style='background: #ffffe6; 2.86%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)0style='background: #ffffe6; 00.00%style='background: #ffffe6; 0.00%
Total71style='background: #ffffe6; 70100.00%style='background: #ffffe6; 100.00%

History

Linguist William Bright believes "Canoochee" may be a name derived from the Muscogee language, meaning "little ground".[5] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the "Town of Canoochee" in 1912, with town corporate limits extending in a one-half mile radius from the Savannah and Statesboro Railway depot.[6] The town's charter was officially dissolved in 1995.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. December 18, 2021.
  2. Web site: Canoochee CDP, Georgia. United States Census Bureau.
  3. Web site: P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Canoochee CDP, Georgia . United States Census Bureau.
  4. Web site: P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Canoochee CDP, Georgia. United States Census Bureau.
  5. Book: Bright, William. Native American Placenames of the United States. 2004. University of Oklahoma Press. 978-0-8061-3598-4. 80.
  6. Book: Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. 1912. State printer. 693.
  7. Book: Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins . Winship Press . Krakow, Kenneth K. . 1975 . Macon, GA . 34 . 0-915430-00-2.