Nahunta, Georgia | |
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 Nahunta City Hall | |
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 Location inBrantley County and the state ofGeorgia | |
| Coordinates:31°12′16″N81°58′56″W / 31.20444°N 81.98222°W /31.20444; -81.98222 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Brantley |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.83 sq mi (7.34 km2) |
| • Land | 2.82 sq mi (7.30 km2) |
| • Water | 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,013 |
| • Density | 359.4/sq mi (138.75/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 31553 |
| Area code | 912 |
| FIPS code | 13-54124[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0319189[3] |
| Website | nahuntageorgia.com |
Nahunta is a city in and thecounty seat ofBrantley County, Georgia, United States.[4] It is part of theBrunswick metropolitan area. The population was 1,013 at the 2020 census.[5] Thecity is an important crossroad which is intersected byU.S. Route 82 andU.S. Route 301 in its downtown area.
Nahunta, originally called Victoria, was founded about 1870. It is believed that the town was renamed in 1899 for timber executive N.A. Hunter, but the origin of the name has never been officially verified.[6][7] In 1923, the seat of Brantley County was transferred to Nahunta fromHoboken.[8]
TheGeorgia General Assembly incorporated Nahunta as a city in 1925.[9]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Nahunta gained national attention for itsarmadillo festival during the first weekend in May, that included the "Brantley County Armadillo Olympics" and "a cookout with armadillo prominently featured on the menu".[10]
Nahunta is located at31°12′16″N81°58′56″W / 31.20444°N 81.98222°W /31.20444; -81.98222 (31.204527, -81.982285).[11]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2), of which 0.019 square miles (0.05 km2), or 0.65%, is water.[12]
According to theKöppen Climate Classification system, Nahunta has ahumid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded there was 104 °F (40.0 °C) on July 7, 1990, and July 21, 2000, while the coldest temperature recorded was 3 °F (−16.1 °C) on January 21, 1985.[13]
| Climate data for Nahunta, Georgia, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1956–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 86 (30) | 88 (31) | 90 (32) | 96 (36) | 99 (37) | 101 (38) | 104 (40) | 102 (39) | 101 (38) | 96 (36) | 89 (32) | 89 (32) | 104 (40) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 77.9 (25.5) | 80.1 (26.7) | 84.3 (29.1) | 88.8 (31.6) | 93.2 (34.0) | 96.3 (35.7) | 97.2 (36.2) | 96.6 (35.9) | 93.2 (34.0) | 88.0 (31.1) | 83.0 (28.3) | 79.4 (26.3) | 98.1 (36.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 62.6 (17.0) | 65.9 (18.8) | 71.7 (22.1) | 78.1 (25.6) | 84.6 (29.2) | 88.6 (31.4) | 90.9 (32.7) | 90.0 (32.2) | 85.8 (29.9) | 78.8 (26.0) | 71.9 (22.2) | 64.0 (17.8) | 77.7 (25.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 49.6 (9.8) | 52.5 (11.4) | 57.7 (14.3) | 64.0 (17.8) | 71.4 (21.9) | 77.8 (25.4) | 80.5 (26.9) | 79.9 (26.6) | 75.8 (24.3) | 67.0 (19.4) | 57.8 (14.3) | 51.6 (10.9) | 65.5 (18.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 36.7 (2.6) | 39.1 (3.9) | 43.8 (6.6) | 49.9 (9.9) | 58.2 (14.6) | 67.0 (19.4) | 70.1 (21.2) | 69.8 (21.0) | 65.7 (18.7) | 55.3 (12.9) | 44.6 (7.0) | 39.2 (4.0) | 53.3 (11.8) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 20.6 (−6.3) | 23.3 (−4.8) | 28.0 (−2.2) | 35.0 (1.7) | 45.1 (7.3) | 58.4 (14.7) | 64.1 (17.8) | 63.7 (17.6) | 55.0 (12.8) | 38.3 (3.5) | 27.9 (−2.3) | 24.0 (−4.4) | 18.9 (−7.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 3 (−16) | 14 (−10) | 18 (−8) | 24 (−4) | 35 (2) | 40 (4) | 56 (13) | 55 (13) | 37 (3) | 28 (−2) | 18 (−8) | 8 (−13) | 3 (−16) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 4.62 (117) | 4.08 (104) | 4.10 (104) | 3.30 (84) | 3.86 (98) | 7.48 (190) | 6.46 (164) | 7.64 (194) | 5.32 (135) | 3.97 (101) | 2.21 (56) | 3.71 (94) | 56.75 (1,441) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 10.8 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 82.3 |
| Source 1: NOAA[14] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[13] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1930 | 352 | — | |
| 1940 | 561 | 59.4% | |
| 1950 | 739 | 31.7% | |
| 1960 | 952 | 28.8% | |
| 1970 | 974 | 2.3% | |
| 1980 | 951 | −2.4% | |
| 1990 | 1,049 | 10.3% | |
| 2000 | 930 | −11.3% | |
| 2010 | 1,053 | 13.2% | |
| 2020 | 1,013 | −3.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[15] | |||
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 734 | 72.46% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 208 | 20.53% |
| Native American | 3 | 0.3% |
| Asian | 3 | 0.3% |
| Other/mixed | 33 | 3.26% |
| Hispanic orLatino | 32 | 3.16% |
As of the2020 United States census, there were 1,013 people, 332 households, and 189 families residing in the city.
Brantley County students in grades kindergarten to grade twelve are in theBrantley County School District, which consists of five elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.[16] The district has 196 full-time teachers and over 3,332 students.[17]
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