County: | Pike County |
State: | Georgia |
Seat Wl: | Zebulon |
Largest City Wl: | Zebulon |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 219 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 216 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 3.3 |
Census Yr: | 2020 |
Pop: | 18889 |
Density Sq Mi: | 87 |
Time Zone: | Eastern |
Web: | http://www.pikecoga.com/ |
Ex Image: | Pike County Courthouse, Zebulon.JPG |
Ex Image Cap: | Pike County Courthouse (built 1895), Zebulon |
District: | 3rd |
Pike County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. The county seat is Zebulon.[1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,889.[2]
Pike County was made from part of Monroe County in 1822. It was named after Zebulon Montgomery Pike, an explorer and army officer.[3]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (1.5%) is water.[4] The entirety of Pike County is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).[5] The county is located in the Piedmont region of the state.
White (non-Hispanic) | 16,313 | 86.36% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,445 | 7.65% | |
Native American | 28 | 0.15% | |
Asian | 77 | 0.41% | |
Other/Mixed | 678 | 3.59% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 348 | 1.84% |
Georgia Military College has an extension campus near Zebulon City Hall.
The Pike County School District serves Pike County. The school district has one Pre-K building (lottery funded), one primary school (K-2), one elementary school (3-5), one middle school (6-8), a ninth grade academy and one high school (10-12). Michael Duncan is the Superintendent of Schools.[7]