Brantley County, Georgia: Difference between revisions

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| named for = [[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=2011-06-07 |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=2011-05-31 }}</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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/brantley-county|title=Brantley County|website=Georgia.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-03-18}}</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=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|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=2015-11-27 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|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}}

|+Brantley County racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13025&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

!Race

!Num.

!Perc.

|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)

|16,317

|90.54%

|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)

|562

|3.12%

|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]

|45

|0.25%

|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]

|42

|0.23%

|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]

|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]

|726

|4.03%

|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]

|326

|1.81%

{{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=2018-03-18}}</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.

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