Official Name: | North High Shoals, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Oconee |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 6.36 |
Area Land Km2: | 6.27 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.09 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.45 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.42 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.04 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 552 |
Population Density Km2: | 88.09 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 228.19 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 33.8289°N -83.4939°W |
Elevation Ft: | 692 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 30645[2] |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-56308[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2407005 |
North High Shoals is a town in Oconee County, Georgia, United States. The population was 652 at the 2010 census.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated North High Shoals as a town in 1933.[4] The community was named after shoals in the Apalachee River.[5]
North High Shoals is located at 33.8342°N -83.5011°W (33.834159, -83.501055).[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.5sqmi, all land.
The town's government consists of a Town Council made up of a mayor and five council members. As of January 1, 2020, these were:Toby P. Bradberry, Mayor;Eric Carlson, Council Member, Post 1;Jason Presley, Council Member, Post 2;Ann Evans, Council Member, Post 3;Hilda Kurtz, Council Member, Post 4;and Violet Dawe, Council Member, Post 5.
Meetings are held on the third Monday of each month at 7:30 pm at the town hall, located at 260 Hillsboro Road.
White (non-Hispanic) | 500 | 90.58% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 7 | 1.27% | |
Native American | 3 | 0.54% | |
Asian | 1 | 0.18% | |
Other/Mixed | 19 | 3.44% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 3.99% |