| Official Name: | Midway, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Motto: | "A growing city with a hometown feel" |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Liberty |
| Leader Name: | Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Clemontine Washington |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1752 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1925 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 16.68 |
| Area Land Km2: | 16.67 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.44 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 6.44 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2141 |
| Population Density Km2: | 128.42 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 332.61 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 31.8°N -81.4122°W |
| Elevation M: | 3 |
| Elevation Ft: | 10 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 31320 |
| Area Code: | 912 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-51352[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0356389[3] |
Midway is a city in Liberty County, Georgia, United States. It is a part of the Hinesville-Fort Stewart metropolitan statistical area. The population was 2,141 in 2020.
Midway has several museums, including the Midway Museum and the Dorchester Academy Museum. The Midway Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Midway's history dates back to the 18th century. Puritans migrated to St. John's Parish, Georgia, from Dorchester, South Carolina, in 1752 and established several settlements, including what became the Midway community. The Council of Georgia granted them 31950acres, as colonial officials wanted a large number of settlers in the area to help protect them from the Creek Indians. The original Midway settlers were primarily rice planters and developed a strong agricultural economy, aided by the 1,500 slaves they brought from South Carolina.[4]
The city of Midway was incorporated in 1925.
In 1973, the Midway Historic District, encompassing the Midway Congregational Church and Cemetery, the Midway Museum, and the Old Sunbury Road, was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[5]
Midway is located in eastern Liberty County at (31.799873, -81.412298).[6] The current city limits include the former unincorporated community of Dorchester. The city limits extend east to include Exit 76 on Interstate 95, at the eastern terminus of U.S. Route 84. Via I-95 it is northeast to Savannah and south to Brunswick. US 84 leads west from I-95 through Midway to Hinesville, the Liberty county seat. To the east from I-95, Islands Highway continues 10miles to Colonels Island among the Atlantic coastal marshes.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Midway has a total area of 16.7km2, of which 7053order=flipNaNorder=flip, or 0.04%, are water.[7]
| White (non-Hispanic) | 871 | 40.68% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 951 | 44.42% | |
| Native American | 5 | 0.23% | |
| Asian | 26 | 1.21% | |
| Other/Mixed | 122 | 5.7% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 166 | 7.75% |
Midway has an industrial park with nine manufacturing facilities. In 2007, Target Corporation opened a 1500000square feet regional distribution center, with two sections to the facility being present: Tradeport East and Tradeport West [9]
The Midway Museum is home to documents, exhibits, and furnishings associated with the Midway Society from the Colonial period through its last meeting in December 1865. The Midway Museum was Georgia's first colonial museum.
In July 2011 Midway received national attention after city police shut down a lemonade stand run by young girls attempting to earn money for a waterpark trip. Police and city officials maintained the girls were required to obtain a business license.[10] Neighboring Richmond Hill allowed the girls to set up their lemonade stand at its first farmer's market later that month.[11]
The 2014 award-winning independent film A Promise was filmed in Liberty County.[12] [13]
In 1980 key scenes for the Italian horror film City of the Living Dead were shot within Midway Cemetery across the road from Midway Congregational Church.
Public education is provided by the Liberty County School System.[14] Public schools located in Midway are: