| Official Name: | Georgetown |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.2 |
| Area Land Km2: | 7.1 |
| Area Water Km2: | 3.1 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.9 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.7 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.2 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2235 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 31.8839°N -85.1014°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code s |
| Postal Code: | 39854 |
Georgetown is a city in Quitman County, Georgia, United States. It is on the Alabama-Georgia state line next to Walter F. George Lake and across the Chattahoochee River from Eufaula, Alabama. Per the 2020 census, the population was 2,235.[1] In 2006, Georgetown and Quitman County voted to consolidate their governments, becoming the smallest such consolidated entity in the Lower 48 states.[2]
Settled in the early 1830s, Georgetown was first named Tobanana for the nearby creek. The Tobanana Post Office was established on January 10, 1833. On September 21, 1836, the name of the town was changed to "Georgetown" after the historic neighborhood in Washington, D.C.[3]
Georgetown was designated in 1859 as the county seat of Quitman County and was laid out as a town by order of the Inferior Court. The town was incorporated by an act of the legislature on December 9, 1859.
A brigade of federal cavalry, commanded by General Benjamin H. Grierson, camped for a time near Georgetown on the banks of the Tobanana Creek at the close of the American Civil War.
Georgetown was destroyed by fire in 1903; every building except for the post office and three houses were destroyed.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.9sqmi, of which 2.7sqmi is land and 1.2sqmi (30.46%) is water.
U.S. Route 82, as well as Georgia State Routes 27 and 39, are the main highways through the city. U.S. 82 runs west–east through the city as Middle Street, leading west 3miles to Eufaula, Alabama across the Chattahoochee River and southeast 24miles to Cuthbert. GA-39 runs north–south through the city briefly concurrent with U.S. 82, leading north 22miles to Omaha and south 23miles to Fort Gaines. GA-27 begins in the city and leads northeast 24miles to Lumpkin.
| White alone (NH) | 1,265 | 1,190 | 50.34% | 53.24% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 1,198 | 917 | 47.67% | 41.03% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 3 | 13 | 0.12% | 0.58% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 2 | 12 | 0.08% | 0.54% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0.40% | |
| Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 11 | 63 | 0.44% | 2.82% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 34 | 31 | 1.35% | 1.39% | |
| Total | 2,513 | 2,235 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
In 2000,[6] there were 973 people, 367 households, and 274 families residing in the city. The population density was 355sp=usNaNsp=us. By the 2020 census, there were 2,235 people residing in the city, up from 2,513 in 2010.
The Quitman County School District holds grades pre-school to grade twelve. It consists of one elementary-middle school, and one high school that consists of grades ninth through twelfth.[7] The district has 22 full-time teachers and over 314 students.[8]
County students attended Stewart-Quitman High School (now Stewart County High School) from 1978, until Quitman County High opened,[9] in 2009.