| Zebulon, Georgia | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pike |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.47 |
| Area Land Km2: | 12.26 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.21 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.81 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.73 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.08 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1225 |
| Population Density Km2: | 99.92 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 258.82 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 33.0989°N -84.3422°W |
| Elevation M: | 262 |
| Elevation Ft: | 860 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30295 |
| Area Codes: | 470, 678 & 770 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-85128[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0333493[3] |
Zebulon is a city in Pike County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,225 in 2020. The city is the county seat of Pike County.[4] The city and county were named after explorer Zebulon Pike.[5]
Zebulon was incorporated in 1825. The town was named after Zebulon Pike, a war hero and explorer.[6]
Zebulon is located at (33.098970, -84.342140).[7]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of, of which is land and (1.13%) is water.
Soils in Zebulon have dark reddish brown loamy surface horizons over red to dark red clay and are mostly mapped as Davidson or Lloyd series.[8]
| White (non-Hispanic) | 778 | 63.51% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 318 | 25.96% | |
| Asian | 10 | 0.82% | |
| Other/Mixed | 65 | 5.31% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 54 | 4.41% |
United Bank is located in Zebulon.
Georgia Military College has an extension campus near Zebulon City Hall.
The Pike County School District serves Zebulon. The school district has one Pre-K school[10] (lottery funded), a primary school (K–2), an elementary school (3–5), a middle school (6–8), a ninth grade academy[11] and two high schools.[12] In 2004, the district had 156 full-time teachers and over 2,800 students.[13] In 2021, it reported 3,500 students.
Singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt was raised in Zebulon. In 2006, he was ranked by Robin Hilton of NPR as the #5 living songwriter.[15] [5]
The courthouse in Zebulon can be seen in the 1983 television film Murder in Coweta County starring Andy Griffith and Johnny Cash. The 1984 movie Tank starring James Garner was filmed in and around the town.