List_of_municipalities_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)

List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)

List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)

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Georgia is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2010 United States census, Georgia was the 8th most populous state with 9,688,681 inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning 57,513.49 square miles (148,959.3 km2) of land.[1] Georgia is divided into 159 counties and contains 535 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, consolidated city-counties, and consolidated cities.[2] [3]

Map of the United States with Georgia highlighted

There is no legal difference in Georgia between cities and towns.[4] Eight municipalities have merged with their counties to form consolidated city-counties: Athens with Clarke County, Augusta with Richmond County, Columbus with Muscogee County, Cusseta with Chattahoochee County, Georgetown with Quitman County, Macon with Bibb County, Statenville with Echols County, and Webster County unified government with Webster County. Athens and Augusta also have municipalities independent of the consolidated governments and are considered consolidated cities.[2]

The largest municipality by population in Georgia is Atlanta, with 498,715 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is Aldora, with 0 residents, although the actual estimated population is at 103, due to a "0% self-response rate".[3] The largest municipality by land area is Augusta, a consolidated city-county, which spans 302.47 sq mi (783.4 km2), and Edge Hill and Santa Claus are tied for the smallest, at 0.18 sq mi (0.47 km2) each.[1][lower-alpha 1]

List of municipalities

  • Largest cities and towns in Georgia by population
  • Skyline of Atlanta
    Atlanta, the state capital and largest city in Georgia
  • Downtown Columbus
    Columbus, Georgia's second-largest city
  • Skyline of Augusta
    Augusta, Georgia's third-largest city
  • Macon, Georgia's fourth-largest city
    Macon, Georgia's fourth-largest city
  • Skyline of Savannah
    Savannah, Georgia's fifth-largest city
  • Athens, Georgia's sixth-largest city
    Athens, Georgia's sixth-largest city
  • Sandy Springs, Georgia's seventh-largest city
    Sandy Springs, Georgia's seventh-largest city

  County seat†

  State capital and county seat‡

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Notes

  1. The city of Payne was abolished on March 27, 2015 by the Georgia General Assembly.[5]
  2. Population and area refer to the balance of the Athens-Clarke County unified government which does not include independent town of Bogart which is partially in Clarke County and the city of Winterville which is entirely located within Clarke County.[1]
  3. Population and area refer to the balance of the Augusta-Richmond County unified government which does not include independent city of Blythe which is partially in Richmond County and the city of Hephzibah which is entirely located within Richmond County.[1]
  4. City of Brookhaven officially incorporated December 17, 2012 and is thus not represented in the 2010 census, but population estimate is given.[6]
  5. Echols County consolidated government, coextensive with Echols County, formed from the consolidation of Statenville and Echols County in 2008[7]
  6. City of Johns Creek officially incorporated December 1, 2006.
  7. Mableton incorporated on November 8, 2022.
  8. Macon merged with Bibb County January 1, 2014 and is thus the 2010 population shown is based on that of Bibb County in 2010.[8]
  9. McRae merged with Helena January 1, 2015. The 2010 population shown is the sum of the two cities at that time.
  10. City of Peachtree Corners officially incorporated July 1, 2012 and is thus not represented in the 2010 census, but the population estimate is given.[9]
  11. Webster County unified government, coextensive with Webster County, formed from the consolidation of Preston and Weston towns and Webster County in 2009[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "GCT-PH1 – Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State — Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Georgia: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. III-2. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  3. [3]
    "2020 Census Count by Georgia City Population" (PDF). Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  4. [4]
    Perry Hiott & Chris Dobbs, Georgia's City Governments, New Georgia Encyclopedia (last updated November 12, 2015).
  5. [5]
    "HB 575 2015-2016 Regular Session". www.legis.ga.gov.
  6. [6]
    "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Brookhaven city, Georgia".
  7. [7]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. [8]
    "Macon-Bibb County consolidation wins with strong majorities". The Macon Telegraph. July 31, 2012. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  9. [9]
    "Peachtree Corners city Georgia QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau".
  10. [10]
    "South Fulton votes to become Renaissance, Georgia". November 13, 2017.
  11. [11]
    South Fulton incorporated in 2017 and is thus not represented in the 2010 census.[10]
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