| Official Name: | Nahunta, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Seal Size: | 90px |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Brantley |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.34 |
| Area Land Km2: | 7.30 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.04 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.83 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.82 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1013 |
| Population Density Km2: | 138.75 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 359.35 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 31.2044°N -81.9822°W |
| Elevation M: | 20 |
| Elevation Ft: | 66 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 31553 |
| Area Code: | 912 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-54124[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0319189[3] |
Nahunta is a city and the county seat in Brantley County, Georgia, United States.[4] It is part of the Brunswick, Georgia metropolitan statistical area. The population was 1,013 at the 2020 census. The city is an important crossroad which is intersected by U.S. Route 82 and U.S. Route 301 in its downtown area.
Nahunta, originally called Victoria, was founded about 1870. It is believed that the town was renamed in 1899 for timber executive N.A. Hunter, but the origin of the name has never been officially verified.[5] [6] In 1923, the seat of Brantley County was transferred to Nahunta from Hoboken.[7]
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Nahunta as a city in 1925.[8]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Nahunta gained national attention for its armadillo festival during the first weekend in May, that included the "Brantley County Armadillo Olympics" and "a cookout with armadillo prominently featured on the menu".[9]
Nahunta is located at 31.2044°N -81.9822°W (31.204527, -81.982285).[10]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.3sqkm, of which 0.05sqkm, or 0.65%, is water.[11]
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Nahunta has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded there was 104F on July 7, 1990 and July 21, 2000, while the coldest temperature recorded was 3F on January 21, 1985.
| White (non-Hispanic) | 734 | 72.46% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 208 | 20.53% | |
| Native American | 3 | 0.3% | |
| Asian | 3 | 0.3% | |
| Other/mixed | 33 | 3.26% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 3.16% |
Brantley County students in grades kindergarten to grade twelve are in the Brantley County School District, which consists of five elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.[13] The district has 196 full-time teachers and over 3,332 students.[14]