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Cobbtown, Georgia

City in Georgia, United States

32°16′53″N 82°8′18″W / 32.28139°N 82.13833°W / 32.28139; -82.13833CountryUnited StatesStateGeorgiaCountyTattnallGovernment

Area

^[1]

• Total0.68 sq mi (1.76 km²) • Land0.67 sq mi (1.73 km²) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²)Elevation

246 ft (75 m)Population

(2020)

• Total341 • Density509.72/sq mi (196.87/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

30420

Area code912FIPS code13-17272^[2]GNIS feature ID0355208^[3]

Cobbtown is a city in Tattnall County, Georgia, United States. The population was 341 in 2020.

History

A variant name was "Corsica".^[4] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the "Town of Cobbtown" in 1905.^[5]

Cobbtown is located at 32°16′53″N 82°8′18″W / 32.28139°N 82.13833°W / 32.28139; -82.13833 (32.281376, -82.138288).^[6]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²), all of it land.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1910	254	—
1920	325	28.0%
1930	295	−9.2%
1940	275	−6.8%
1950	288	4.7%
1960	280	−2.8%
1970	321	14.6%
1980	494	53.9%
1990	338	−31.6%
2000	311	−8.0%
2010	351	12.9%
2020	341	−2.8%
U.S. Decennial Census^[7]

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 311 people, 139 households, and 91 families residing in the city. By 2020, its population was 341.

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 47. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Clark & Hines, State Printers. 1905. p. 732.
^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.