| Official Name: | Milan, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name2: | Telfair, Dodge |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.16 |
| Area Land Km2: | 8.06 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.10 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.15 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.11 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.04 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 613 |
| Population Density Km2: | 76.05 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 196.98 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 32.0203°N -83.0642°W |
| Elevation M: | 95 |
| Elevation Ft: | 312 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 31060 |
| Area Code: | 229 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-51408[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0318146[3] |
| Website: | https://milanga.org/ |
Milan [4] is a city in Dodge and Telfair counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 700 at the 2010 census,[5] down from 1,012 in 2000. By 2020, its population was 613.
Milan was founded in the 1880s when the railroad was extended to that point.[6] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Milan as a town in 1891.[7] The city was named after Milan, in Italy.[8]
On May 25, 1919, at the age of 72, a black man named Berry Washington defended two young black girls who were attacked by two drunken white men. A mob of 75 to 100 white men hung him from a post, then shot his corpse to pieces. In spite of a $1,000 reward offered by Governor Dorsey, no one was ever arrested.[9] [10]
Milan is located in southeastern Dodge County and northwestern Telfair County at 32.0203°N -83.0642°W (32.020195, -83.064091).[11] The county boundary passes through the center of the city. U.S. Route 280 passes through the city just south of the center, leading east 10miles to McRae and west to Abbeville.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.2km2, of which 8.1km2 is land and 0.1sqkm, or 1.26%, is water.[5]
| White (non-Hispanic) | 474 | 77.32% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 117 | 19.09% | |
| Native American | 1 | 0.16% | |
| Asian | 2 | 0.33% | |
| Other/Mixed | 15 | 2.45% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 0.65% |