Sylvester, Georgia | |
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 Sylvester City Hall | |
 Flag  Seal  Logo | |
| Nickname: | |
| Motto: "Small Town. Big Heart."[1] | |
 Location inWorth County and the state ofGeorgia | |
| Coordinates:31°31′53″N83°50′10″W / 31.53139°N 83.83611°W /31.53139; -83.83611 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Worth |
| Settled | 1893 |
| Incorporated (City) | December 21st, 1898 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.60 sq mi (17.09 km2) |
| • Land | 6.56 sq mi (16.99 km2) |
| • Water | 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
| Elevation | 387 ft (118 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,644 |
| • Density | 860.4/sq mi (332.21/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 31791 |
| Area code | 229 |
| FIPS code | 13-75188[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0356576[5] |
| Website | cityofsylvester |
Sylvester is the county seat ofWorth County,Georgia, United States. The population was 5,644 in 2020. The city is thecounty seat[6] and business center of Worth County[7] and is claimed to be thePeanut Capital of the World due to its peanut production.[1]
Sylvester wasplatted in 1893.[8] TheGeorgia General Assembly incorporated Sylvester as a town in 1898.[9]
Sylvester is located at31°31′53″N83°50′10″W / 31.53139°N 83.83611°W /31.53139; -83.83611 (31.531425, -83.836233).[10] According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.7 square miles (15 km2), of which 5.7 square miles (15 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.52%) is water.
Sylvester is located on
U.S. Highway 82 at the junction of
Georgia State Route 33.
Georgia State Route 256 enters into southeast Sylvester, where it is co-designatedMartin Luther King Jr. Drive.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1900 | 552 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,447 | 162.1% | |
| 1920 | 1,547 | 6.9% | |
| 1930 | 1,984 | 28.2% | |
| 1940 | 2,191 | 10.4% | |
| 1950 | 2,623 | 19.7% | |
| 1960 | 3,610 | 37.6% | |
| 1970 | 4,226 | 17.1% | |
| 1980 | 5,860 | 38.7% | |
| 1990 | 5,702 | −2.7% | |
| 2000 | 5,990 | 5.1% | |
| 2010 | 6,188 | 3.3% | |
| 2020 | 5,644 | −8.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[11] 1850-1870[12] 1870-1880[13] 1890-1910[14] 1920-1930[15] 1940[16] 1950[17] 1960[18] 1970[19] 1980[20] 1990[21] 2000[22] 2010[23] | |||
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 2,023 | 35.84% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 3,342 | 59.21% |
| Native American | 6 | 0.11% |
| Asian | 47 | 0.83% |
| Pacific Islander | 6 | 0.11% |
| Other/Mixed | 129 | 2.29% |
| Hispanic orLatino | 91 | 1.61% |
As of the2020 United States census, there were 5,644 people, 2,346 households, and 1,709 families residing in the city.
TheWorth County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.[25] The district has 296 full-time teachers and over 4,354 students.[26]
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