Thunderbolt, Georgia

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Town in Georgia, United States

title: "Thunderbolt, Georgia" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towns-in-chatham-county,-georgia", "towns-in-georgia-(u.s.-state)", "savannah-metropolitan-area", "populated-coastal-places-in-georgia-(u.s.-state)"] description: "Town in Georgia, United States" topic_path: "general/towns-in-chatham-county-georgia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt,_Georgia" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Georgia, United States ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

FieldValue
official_nameThunderbolt, Georgia
native_name
settlement_typeTown
motto
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seal_size120
image_mapChatham_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Thunderbolt_Highlighted.svg
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation in Chatham County and the state of Georgia
pushpin_map
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_mapsize
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Georgia
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Chatham
subdivision_name4
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameDana Williams
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
established_date3
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km24.04
area_land_km23.48
area_water_km20.56
area_total_sq_mi1.56
area_land_sq_mi1.34
area_water_sq_mi0.22
area_blank1_sq_mi
population_as_of2020
population_total2556
population_density_km2734.87
population_density_sq_mi1903.20
population_density_blank1_sq_mi
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft20
postal_code_typeZIP codes
postal_code31404, 31410
area_code912
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info13-76364
blank1_nameGNIS feature ID
blank1_info0333226
website
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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.

History

An early variant name was "Warsaw". The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the town as "Warsaw" in 1856. Coincidentally, Casimir Pulaski, who was born in Warsaw, Poland, died in Thunderbolt. An act of legislature officially changed the town's name to "Thunderbolt" in 1921.

According to tradition, Thunderbolt was named from an incident when lightning strike caused a spring to open up.

Fort Thunderbolt, colloquially referred to as the Thunderbolt Battery, was built to protect the city of Savannah from invading Union forces advancing from Whitemarsh Island.

Geography

Thunderbolt is located at 32°1'56" North, 81°3'6" West (32.032111, -81.051733).

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.

Demographics

|1910= 543 |1920= 721 |1930= 802 |1940= 886 |1950= 1238 |1960= 1925 |1970= 2750 |1980= 2165 |1990= 2786 |2000= 2340 |2010= 2668 |2020= 2556 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census ::data[format=table title="Thunderbolt racial composition as of 2020{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1376364&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 14, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}"]

RaceNum.Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)1,37653.83%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)63925.0%
Native American10.04%
Asian813.17%
Other/Mixed1154.5%
Hispanic or Latino34413.46%
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As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,556 people, 1,091 households, and 516 families residing in the town.

References

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
  2. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  3. {{GNIS. 333226
  4. Krakow, Kenneth K.. (1975). "Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins". Winship Press.
  5. (1921). "Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly".
  6. (1906). "Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons". State historical association.
  7. Mayle, Mary Carr. "Portside: Saving a piece of Thunderbolt history".
  8. (February 12, 2011). "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  9. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
  10. "Explore Census Data".

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