Official Name: | Twin City, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 250px |
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: | 9.36 |
Area Land Km2: | 9.26 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.10 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.61 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.57 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.04 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1642 |
Population Density Km2: | 177.40 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 459.43 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 32.5806°N -82.1578°W |
Elevation M: | 94 |
Elevation Ft: | 308 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 30471 |
Area Code: | 478 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-77988[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0356602[3] |
Website: | https://www.twincityga.com |
Twin City is a city in Emanuel County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,642.
Twin City gets its name from the combining of two adjacent towns, Graymont and Summit. The two rival towns were merged in 1924 as Twin City.[4]
Of Twin City's 3.6sqmi area, 255acres is included in the Twin City Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This includes the historic jail and former city hall building [5]
Twin City is located in eastern Emanuel County at 32.5806°N -82.1578°W (32.580420, -82.157776).[6] U.S. Route 80 passes through the city, leading west to Swainsboro, the county seat, and east to Statesboro.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Twin City has a total area of 9.4km2, of which 0.1sqkm, or 1.12%, is water.[7]
White (non-Hispanic) | 811 | 49.39% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 765 | 46.59% | |
Native American | 1 | 0.06% | |
Asian | 2 | 0.12% | |
Other/Mixed | 23 | 1.4% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 2.44% |
George L. Smith State Park is located in Emanuel County, and is known for its Parrish Mill and Pond, a combination grist mill, saw mill, covered bridge and dam built in 1880 and now open for tours.[9] Anglers and canoeists can explore the mill pond dotted with Spanish moss-draped trees and home to blue heron and white ibis. Hikers can walk seven miles of trails while searching for gopher tortoises, Georgia's state reptile.