Official Name: | Lenox, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cook |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.21 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.13 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.08 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.62 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.59 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 752 |
Population Density Km2: | 182.19 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 471.77 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 31.2667°N -111°W |
Elevation M: | 88 |
Elevation Ft: | 289 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 31637 |
Area Code: | 229 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-45936[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0316766[3] |
Lenox is a town in Cook County, Georgia, United States. The population was 752 at the 2020 census.[4]
Lenox was platted in 1888, when the railroad was extended to that point.[5] According to tradition, the town was named after a certain "lean ox".[6] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the town in 1901.[7]
Lenox is located in northern Cook County at 31.2667°N -111°W (31.2712, -83.4654).[8] U.S. Route 41 passes through the center of the town as Robinson Street, and Interstate 75 passes through the west side of the town, with access from Exit 49. Tifton is to the north, and Adel, the Cook County seat, is to the south.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Lenox has a total area of 4.2km2, of which 0.08sqkm, or 1.86%, is water.[4]
White (non-Hispanic) | 424 | 56.38% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 244 | 32.45% | |
Asian | 2 | 0.27% | |
Other/Mixed | 30 | 3.99% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 52 | 6.91% |
Lenox is the home of the Lean-Ox Festival, the oldest festival in Cook County. It is held the third weekend of November every year.[10]