Brantley County, Georgia: Difference between revisions

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| county = Brantley County

| state = Georgia

| seal = BrantleyCountyGAseal.png

| seal size = 90px

| logo = BrantleyCountyLogo.png

| logo size = 130px

| type = County

| founded = {{start date and age|1920}}

| seat wl = Nahunta

| largest city wl = Nahunta

| area_total_sq_mi = 447

| area_land_sq_mi = 442

| area_water_sq_mi = 4.8

| area percentage = 1.1%

| census yr = 2020

| pop = 18021

| density_sq_mi = 42

| time zone = Eastern

| district = 1st

| website = {{URL|https://brantleycounty-ga.gov|brantleycounty-ga.gov}}

| ex image = Brantley County Courthouse, Nahunta, GA, USA.jpg

| ex image cap = [[Brantley County Courthouse]] in Nahunta

| named for = Benjamin Daniel Brantley<ref>https://brantleycounty-ga.gov/brantley-counties-history/</ref><ref>https://sites.rootsweb.com/~gabrantl/namesake.html</ref><ref>https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/brantley-county/</ref> or [[William Gordon Brantley]]<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/b.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=24 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

'''Brantley County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[Southeast Georgia|southeastern]] part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 18,021.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13025.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607122012/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13025.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Nahunta, Georgia|Nahunta]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> Brantley County is part of the [[Brunswick, Georgia]] [[Brunswick, Georgia metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

Georgia voters passed a state constitutional amendment on November 2, 1920, to form Brantley County from pieces of [[Charlton County, Georgia|Charlton]], [[Pierce County, Georgia|Pierce]], and [[Wayne County, Georgia|Wayne]] counties.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/b.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=24 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> Although the precise origin of the county name is unknown, it is believed that it honors U.S. congressman [[William Gordon Brantley]] or his father, Benjamin Daniel Brantley, a local merchant and Confederate soldier in the [[American Civil War]].<ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Brantley_County%2C_a_sketch_of_the_life_of_the_late_Benjamin_Daniel_Brantley_for_whom_the_proposed_county_is_named_%28IA_brantleycountysk00jack%29.pdf</ref><ref>https://brantleycounty-ga.gov/brantley-counties-history/</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BRANTLEY COUNTY, GEORGIA - HISTORY |url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~gabrantl/namesake.html |access-date=April 9, 2024 |website=sites.rootsweb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brantley County |url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/brantley-county/ |access-date=April 9, 2024 |website=New Georgia Encyclopedia |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/b.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=24 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|447|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|442|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|4.8|sqmi}} (1.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The [[Satilla River]] runs through Brantley County.

The bulk of Brantley County, from east of [[Hortense, Georgia|Hortense]] south to west of [[Waynesville, Georgia|Waynesville]] and west to east of [[Waycross, Georgia|Waycross]], is located in the [[Satilla River]] sub-basin of the [[St. Marys River (Florida–Georgia)|St. Marys]]-Satilla basin. The county's eastern border area, east of Waynesville, is located in the [[Cumberland Island|Cumberland]]-[[St. Simons, Georgia|St. Simons]] sub-basin of the St. Marys-Satilla River basin. A small northwestern corner, west of Hortense, is located in the Little Satilla sub-basin of the larger St. Marys-Satilla River basin, and a very small southwestern corner of Brantley County is located in the Upper [[Suwannee River]] sub-basin of the larger Suwannee River basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

* [[Charlton County, Georgia|Charlton County]] - south

=== Communities ===

==== Cities ====

* [[Hoboken, Georgia|Hoboken]]

* [[Nahunta, Georgia|Nahunta]]

==== Census-designated places ====

* [[Hickox, Georgia|Hickox]]

* [[Hortense, Georgia|Hortense]]

* [[Waynesville, Georgia|Waynesville]]

==== Unincorporated communities ====

* [[Fort Mudge, Georgia|Fort Mudge]]

* [[Schlatterville, Georgia|Schlatterville]]

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br>1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1940-1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960-1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF"/>

|2020=18021

|estyear=2023

|estimate=18401

|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>}}

|+'''Brantley County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>

!Race / Ethnicity

!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Brantley County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=050XX00US13025|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Brantley County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13025&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Brantley County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13025&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

!% 2000

!% 2010

!{{partial|% 2020}}

|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)

|13,712

|17,198

|style='background: #ffffe6; |16,317

|93.73%

|93.41%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |90.54%

|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)

|579

|531

|style='background: #ffffe6; |562

|3.96%

|2.88%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.12%

|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)

|20

|56

|style='background: #ffffe6; |45

|0.14%

|0.30%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%

|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)

|13

|37

|style='background: #ffffe6; |42

|0.09%

|0.20%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%

|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)

|1

|2

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3

|0.01%

|0.01%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%

|-

|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)

|10

|style='background: #ffffe6; |34

|0.05%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.19%

|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)

|149

|234

|style='background: #ffffe6; |692

|1.02%

|1.27%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.84%

|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)

|152

|343

|style='background: #ffffe6; |326

|1.04%

|1.86%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.81%

|-

|'''Total'''

|'''14,629'''

|'''18,411'''

|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''18,021'''

|'''100.00%'''

|'''100.00%'''

|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''

{{PresHead|place=Brantley County, Georgia|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref>}}

{{PresFoot|1924|Democratic|9|238|32|Georgia}}Brantley County is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] stronghold. The last [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to carry the county was [[Bill Clinton]] in 1992, and it has swung hard to the right in the following elections. In 2020, [[Donald Trump]] carried the county with 90.2% of the vote, the most out of any county in Georgia.

*[[List of counties in Georgia]]

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