Official Name: | Jeffersonville, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Twiggs |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 9.50 |
Area Land Km2: | 9.47 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.67 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.65 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 977 |
Population Density Km2: | 103.20 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 267.31 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 32.6839°N -83.3397°W |
Elevation M: | 158 |
Elevation Ft: | 518 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 31044 |
Area Code: | 478 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-42100[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0356333[3] |
The city of Jeffersonville is the largest city and county seat of Twiggs County, Georgia, United States.[4] The population was 1,035 at the 2010 census, down from 1,209 in 2000.
Jeffersonville is part of the Macon metropolitan statistical area.
The city was named after the Jefferson family of settlers.[5] Jeffersonville was named county seat in 1868, when the seat was transferred from Marion.[6]
Jeffersonville is located at 32.6839°N -83.3397°W (32.683982, -83.339683).[7]
The city is located in the central part of the state, very close to the geographic center of the state. Interstate 16 runs northwest to southeast just south of the city, leading southeast 148 mi (238 km) to Savannah and northwest 25 mi (40 km) to Macon. U.S. Route 80 travels through the city, as well as state routes 18 and 96.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.7sqmi, all land.
White (non-Hispanic) | 307 | 31.42% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 632 | 64.69% | |
Asian | 12 | 1.23% | |
Other/Mixed | 12 | 1.23% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 1.43% |
The Twiggs County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of four elementary schools (two include pre-school programs), a middle school and a high school.[9] The district has 100 full-time teachers and over 1,489 students.[10]