| Official Name: | Whigham, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Grady |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.07 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.04 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.19 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.17 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 428 |
| Population Density Km2: | 140.83 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 364.88 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 30.8842°N -84.325°W |
| Elevation M: | 86 |
| Elevation Ft: | 282 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 31797, 39897 |
| Area Code: | 229 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-82412[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0333406[3] |
Whigham is a city in Grady County, Georgia, United States. The population was 428 in 2020.
The community was named after Robert Whigham, a local merchant.[4] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Whigham as a town in 1896.[5] It was incorporated again as a city in 1970.[6]
Whigham is located in western Grady County at 30.8842°N -84.325°W (30.884219, -84.324927).[7] U.S. Route 84 passes through the center of town as Broad Avenue; it leads east 8miles to Cairo, the county seat, and west to Bainbridge. Valdosta is to the east, and Dothan, Alabama, is to the west.Whigham is located halfway between Memphis, Tennessee, and Miami, Florida.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1km2, of which 0.03sqkm, or 0.98%, is water.[8]
As of the census of 2000, there were 631 people, 179 households, and 134 families residing in the city. In 2020, its population declined to 428.
Grady County School System operates area public schools. Whigham School, a K-8 school, is in Whigham.[9] Cairo High School in Cairo serves Whigham.[10]
The electric blues guitarist, songwriter, and singer Johnnie Marshall was born in Whigham in 1961.[11]
Ernest Riles, former infielder for the San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee Brewers lived here during his time with the Giants.