Kingsland, Georgia | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Official Name: | City of Kingsland |
Motto: | "The City of Royal Treatment" |
Image Blank Emblem: | Logo of Kingsland, Georgia.png |
Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Georgia (U.S. state)#USA#North America |
Pushpin Label: | Kingsland |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Georgia |
Coordinates: | 30.7947°N -81.6717°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1894 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1908 |
Named For: | William Henry King |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 116.43 |
Area Land Km2: | 115.87 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.56 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 18337 |
Population Density Km2: | 158.26 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 11 |
Elevation Ft: | 36 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 31548 |
Area Code: | 912 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-43640[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0316462[2] |
Website: | https://www.kingslandgeorgia.com/ |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 44.95 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 44.74 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.22 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 409.88 |
Kingsland is a city in Camden County, Georgia, United States. The population was 18,337 at the 2020 census, up from 15,946 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Kingsland, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area. As Kingsland is 3 miles from the Florida-Georgia border and 32 miles from Jacksonville, it is also a principal city of the Jacksonville—Kingsland—Palatka, Florida—Georgia Combined Statistical Area.
The Kingsland Commercial Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 17, 1994. It includes the area surrounding South Lee Street between King Street and William Street. It hosts an annual Catfish Festival on Labor Day weekend and is the location where the fan series Star Trek Continues was filmed.
Kingsland was platted in 1894 when the railroad was extended to that point, and named after William Henry King, the original owner of the site.[4]
Kingsland is in southwestern Camden County at 30.7947°N -81.6717°W (30.794612, -81.671720),[5] just north of the Florida line. It is bordered by St. Marys to the east. Interstate 95 runs through the eastern part of the city, with access from three exits. U.S. Route 17, an older highway running parallel to I-95, passes through the center of Kingsland. Jacksonville, Florida, is to the south, and Brunswick is to the north.
According to the United States Census Bureau, recent annexations by the city of large tracts of land have resulted in a total area of 116.5km2, of which 110.7km2 is land and 5.8km2, or 4.99%, is water.[6] This recent growth makes Kingsland Georgia's 12th-largest city by land mass.[7]
Kingsland experiences a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild winters.
White (non-Hispanic) | 11,128 | 60.69% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 4,092 | 22.32% | |
Native American | 67 | 0.37% | |
Asian | 423 | 2.31% | |
Pacific Islander | 24 | 0.13% | |
Other/Mixed | 1,268 | 6.91% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 1,335 | 7.28% |