Official Name: | Meigs, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
Subdivision Name2: | Thomas, Mitchell[1] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.14 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.03 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.11 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.60 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.56 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.04 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 928 |
Population Density Km2: | 230.30 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 596.40 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 31.0728°N -84.0911°W |
Elevation M: | 104 |
Elevation Ft: | 341 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 31765 |
Area Code: | 229 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-50680[4] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0318004[5] |
Meigs is a city in Thomas County, Georgia, United States, with a small portion extending north into Mitchell County. The population was 928 at the 2020 census,[3] down from 1,035 in 2010.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Meigs as a town in 1889.[6] The city is named after William Allen Meigs (1862–1913), a successful turpentine dealer for the town.[7]
Meigs is located in northwestern Thomas County at 31.0728°N -84.0911°W (31.072664, -84.090988).[8] A small portion of Mitchell County within of the center of town is also within the city limits.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.6sqmi, of which 1.6sqmi are land and 0.04sqmi, or 2.75%, are water.[2]
U.S. Route 19 passes just east of the city limits, leading southeast to Thomasville, the Thomas county seat, and northwest 5miles to Pelham. Georgia State Route 111 passes through the center of Meigs on Marshall Street and Depot Street; it leads northeast to Moultrie and southwest to Cairo.
White (non-Hispanic) | 255 | 27.48% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 576 | 62.07% | |
Asian | 3 | 0.32% | |
Other/Mixed | 19 | 2.05% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 76 | 8.08% |