Official Name: | Thunderbolt, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Chatham |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.04 |
Area Land Km2: | 3.48 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.56 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.56 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.34 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.22 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 2556 |
Population Density Km2: | 734.87 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1903.20 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 32.0322°N -81.0517°W |
Elevation Ft: | 20 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 31404, 31410 |
Area Code: | 912 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-76364[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0333226 |
Thunderbolt is a town located in Chatham County, Georgia, United States, approximately five miles southeast of downtown Savannah. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 2,556. It is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thunderbolt runs along the western shore of the Wilmington River (a tidal river that is part of the U.S. Intracoastal Waterway). The town is important to Georgia's shrimping industry, with scores of docks for shrimping trawlers. The town's picturesque atmosphere and seafood restaurants draw many local visitors.
An early variant name was "Warsaw". The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the town as "Warsaw" in 1856.[3] Coincidentally, Casimir Pulaski died in Thunderbolt, who was born in Warsaw, Poland. An act of legislature officially changed the town's name to "Thunderbolt" in 1921.[4]
According to tradition, Thunderbolt was named from an incident when lightning strike caused a spring to open up.[5]
Thunderbolt is located at 32°1'56" North, 81°3'6" West (32.032111, -81.051733).[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km), of which 1.3 square miles (3.3 km) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.5 km) is water.
White (non-Hispanic) | 1,376 | 53.83% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 639 | 25.0% | |
Native American | 1 | 0.04% | |
Asian | 81 | 3.17% | |
Other/Mixed | 115 | 4.5% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 344 | 13.46% |