Willacoochee, Georgia

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title: "Willacoochee, Georgia" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-in-georgia-(u.s.-state)", "cities-in-atkinson-county,-georgia"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willacoochee,_Georgia" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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map_captionLocation in Atkinson County and the state of Georgia
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subdivision_typeCountry
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subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Georgia
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Atkinson
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established_title
established_title2
established_title3Incorporated
established_date3November 12, 1889
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
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area_land_km29.89
area_water_km20.00
area_total_sq_mi3.82
area_land_sq_mi3.82
area_water_sq_mi0.00
population_as_of2020
population_total1240
population_density_km2125.33
population_density_sq_mi324.61
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
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utc_offset_DST-4
coordinates
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elevation_m73
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postal_code_typeZIP code
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area_code912
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info13-82972
blank1_nameGNIS feature ID
blank1_info0333429
website
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Willacoochee is a city in Atkinson County, Georgia, United States, along the Alapaha River. The population was 1,240 in 2020.

History

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Willacoochee as a town in 1889. Willacoochee is a name derived from the Creek language meaning "home of the wildcats".

Geography

Willacoochee is located at (31.335175, -83.046381), within the Southeast Georgia region. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.9 km2, all land.

Demographics

|1890= 398 |1900= 471 |1910= 960 |1920= 1211 |1930= 1006 |1940= 903 |1950= 987 |1960= 1061 |1970= 1120 |1980= 1166 |1990= 1205 |2000= 1434 |2010= 1391 |2020= 1240 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census ::data[format=table title="Willacoochee racial composition as of 2020{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1382972&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-14|website=data.census.gov}}"]

RaceNum.Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)50040.32%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)42334.11%
Native American50.4%
Pacific Islander20.16%
Other/Mixed282.26%
Hispanic or Latino28222.74%
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As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,240 people, 529 households, and 291 families residing in the city, down from 2010's 1,391. Among its population in 2020, 40.32% were non-Hispanic white, 34.11% Black or African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 2.26% multiracial, and 22.74% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Gallery

File:Lockheed T-33 Willacoochee GA.jpg|alt=Lockheed T-33 Willacoochee Ga|A Lockheed T-33 in Willacoochee. A T-33 crashed here ca. 1960s. Located 31°20'28.7"N 83°02'52.1"W(31.341306,-83.047806) File:McCranie's Turpentine Still 02.JPG|McCranie's Turpentine Still, just west of Willacoochee, on the National Register of Historic Places File:Willacoochee, GA, US - water to oceans.jpg|Signs indicating drainage divide

References

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
  2. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  3. (2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
  4. (1889). "Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia". J. Johnston.
  5. Nestor, Sandy. (7 May 2015). "Indian Placenames in America". McFarland.
  6. (2011-02-12). "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  7. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Willacoochee city, Georgia". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder.
  8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
  9. "Explore Census Data".

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