| Official Name: | Reidsville, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tattnall |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 19.93 |
| Area Land Km2: | 19.61 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.32 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 7.70 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 7.57 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.12 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2515 |
| Population Density Km2: | 128.25 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 332.14 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 32.0839°N -82.1208°W |
| Elevation M: | 64 |
| Elevation Ft: | 210 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 30453, 30499 |
| Area Code: | 912 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-64512[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0321516[3] |
Reidsville is a city in, and county seat of, Tattnall County, Georgia.[4] The population was 2,515 in 2020. The Georgia State Prison is near Reidsville.
Reidsville was founded in about 1828 and was designated county seat of Tattnall County in 1832 by the Georgia General Assembly. It was incorporated as a town in 1838 and as a city in 1905.[5] The city was named after Robert R. Reid, territorial governor of Florida.[6]
Reidsville is home to the Nelson Hotel Bed & Breakfast.
During the events of World War II, Reidsville was the home to at least one, though some reports suggest two, prisoner of war camps for captured Nazi personnel. The prison camp's location has largely been lost to time, but is believed to have stood near the current location of a gas station/self-storage company, near the fringes of the city. Archaeological research into the area has turned up a number of German artifacts, though with the development and addition of a number of houses, it is not clear if this was the location of the camp, or one of the many onion fields in which the prisoners worked.
Reidsville is located at (32.083970, -82.120697).[7]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.7sqmi, of which 7.7sqmi are land and 0.04sqmi (0.39%) is water.
| White (non-Hispanic) | 1,184 | 47.08% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,022 | 40.64% | |
| Native American | 4 | 0.16% | |
| Asian | 36 | 1.43% | |
| Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.08% | |
| Other/Mixed | 80 | 3.18% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 187 | 7.44% |
The United States Postal Service operates the Reidsville Post Office.[9]
The Georgia Department of Corrections operates the Georgia State Prison in unincorporated Tattnall County, near Reidsville.[10]
The Tattnall County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of three elementary schools, two middle schools, and a high school.[11] The district has 201 full-time teachers and over 3,305 students.[12]
Schools in Reidsville:
Nearby Tattnall County High School serves the city.