| Official Name: | Lincolnton, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lincoln |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.13 |
| Area Land Km2: | 9.10 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.53 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.51 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1480 |
| Population Density Km2: | 162.61 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 421.17 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 33.7944°N -82.4764°W |
| Elevation M: | 143 |
| Elevation Ft: | 469 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30817 |
| Area Code: | 706 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-46552[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0328514[3] |
Lincolnton is a city and the county seat of Lincoln County, Georgia, United States.[4] The population was 1,480 at the 2020 census. It contains numerous houses and historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Both the city and the county were named for General Benjamin Lincoln, who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.[5]
Lincolnton was founded in 1798 as seat of the newly formed Lincoln County. It was incorporated as a town in 1817 and as a city in 1953.[6]
Lincolnton is located in central Lincoln County at (33.794414, -82.476450).[7] U.S. Route 378 passes through the center of town as Washington Street, leading southwest to Washington, and northeast to McCormick, South Carolina. Georgia State Route 79 leads northwest to Elberton, while State Route 43 leads south to Thomson. Augusta is to the southeast via State Routes 47 and 104. A historical site, Elijah Clark State Park, is 7miles northeast of Lincolnton at the Savannah River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Lincolnton has a total area of 9.1km2, of which 0.03sqkm, or 0.35%, are water.[8] The west side of the city drains to Florence Creek, while the east side drains to Dry Fork Creek, both of which flow to Soap Creek, an arm of the Savannah River within Lake Strom Thurmond (Clarks Hill Lake).
| White | 806 | 54.46% | |
| Black or African American | 601 | 40.61% | |
| Asian | 11 | 0.74% | |
| Other/Mixed | 42 | 2.84% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 1.35% |
The Lincoln County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.[10] The district has 98 full-time teachers and over 1,450 students.[11]