Official Name: | Shellman, Georgia |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 8.16 |
Area Land Km2: | 8.16 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.15 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.15 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population Total: | 861 |
Population Density Km2: | 105.56 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 273.42 |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 31.7586°N -84.6128°W |
Elevation M: | 117 |
Elevation Ft: | 384 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 39886 |
Blank Info: | 13-70120[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0356533[3] |
Shellman is a city in Randolph County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,083 at the 2010 census. Buildings in the commercial center have been designated as an historic district and listed in 1985 on the National Register of Historic Places.
Shellman is located at 31.7586°N -84.6128°W (31.758473, -84.612731).[4]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.2sqmi, all land.
Shellman was incorporated in 1883. It was originally named Ward, in honor of John P. Ward, whose vision helped to bring the Southwest Georgia Railroad to the area and to place a depot in the spot that would become the center of the town.[5]
Only two years later, the name of the town was changed to Shellman, in honor of Major R. F. Shellman, General Traffic Manager of the Central of Georgia Railroad. Major Shellman was a promoter of the young town and a donor to the construction of its new school, the Shellman Institute.[6] [7]
The Shellman Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[8]
The Randolph County Georgia Historical Society https://randolphhistoricalsociety.com/ has published on its website three documents on the history of Shellman.
White (non-Hispanic) | 292 | 33.91% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 545 | 63.3% | |
Native American | 1 | 0.12% | |
Other/Mixed | 15 | 1.74% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 0.93% |