Muscogee County, Georgia

Muscogee County is a county located on the central western border of the U.S. state of Georgia named after the Muscogee that originally inhabited the land with its western border with the state of Alabama that is formed by the Chattahoochee River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 206,922. Its county seat and only city is Columbus, with which it has been a consolidated city-county since the beginning of 1971.

Muscogee County is part of the Columbus, GA–AL, metropolitan statistical area. The only other city in the county was Bibb City, a company town that disincorporated in December 2000, two years after its mill closed permanently. Fort Benning, a large Army installation, takes up nearly one quarter of the county and extends southeast into neighboring Chattahoochee County; it generates considerable economic power in the region.

History

Inhabited for thousands of years by varying cultures of indigenous peoples, this area was territory of the historic Creek people at the time of European encounter.

The land for Lee, Muscogee, Troup, Coweta, and Carroll counties was ceded by a certain eight chiefs among the Creek people in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creek Nation declared the land cession illegal, because it did not represent the will of the majority of the people. The United States Senate did not ratify it. The following year, the US government negotiated another treaty with the Creek, by which they ceded nearly as much territory under continued pressure from the state of Georgia and US land commissioners.

The counties' boundaries were created by the Georgia General Assembly on June 9, but they were not named until December 14, 1826. The county was originally developed by American Indians for cotton plantations. In many areas of what became known as the Black Belt for the fertility of soil and development of plantations, American Indians who were reclassified by the government as Colored/Negro made up the majority of population in many counties.

This county was named by American Indians for the native Muscogee or Creek people. Parts of the then-large county (which extended east to the Flint River) were later taken to create every other neighboring Georgia county, including Harris County to the north in 1827"Muscogee County History" , University of Georgia and Chattahoochee County to the south in 1854.

Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.1%) is water.

The county is located on the fall line between the Atlantic coastal plain to the south and the Piedmont to the north. As such, the newly constructed Fall Line Freeway runs across the northern portion of the county along JR Allen Parkway, and areas across the northern part of the county are hillier compared to the southern part of the county.

The majority of Muscogee County, from north of Columbus running northeast in the direction of Ellerslie, is located in the Middle Chattahoochee River-Walter F. George Lake subbasin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The northwestern corner of the county, south of Fortson, is located in the Middle Chattahoochee River-Lake Harding subbasin of the same ACF River Basin.

Major highways

Interstate 14 (Extension is coming) Interstate 185 U.S. Route 27 U.S. Route 27 Alternate U.S. Route 80 U.S. Route 280 State Route 1 State Route 22 State Route 22 Connector State Route 22 Spur State Route 85 State Route 219 State Route 411 (unsigned designation for I-185) State Route 520 State Route 540 (Fall Line Freeway)

Adjacent counties Harris County (north) Talbot County (northeast) Chattahoochee County (south) Russell County, Alabama (southwest/CST border except for Phenix City as the city is jointed by the Columbus Metropolitan Area) Lee County, Alabama (west/CST border)

Communities Cities Columbus (county seat)

Former incorporated communities Bibb City

Unincorporated communities Fort Benning (military base)

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition +Muscogee County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 1980Pop 1990Pop 2000Pop 2010 Pop 2020% 1980% 1990% 2000% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)106,714103,39590,66882,89079,08362.73%57.67%48.67%43.65%38.22%Black or African American alone (NH)57,36267,52980,72085,11994,70133.72%37.67%43.33%44.83%45.77%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)4235306185994880.25%0.30%0.33%0.32%0.24%Asian alone (NH)1,7412,3762,7894,0615,5461.02%1.33%1.50%2.14%2.68%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)x included in the Asian category in the 1980 Censusx included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census249378517xx0.13%0.20%0.25%Other race alone (NH)3421542974321,0760.20%0.09%0.16%0.23%0.52%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)x not an option in the 1980 Censusx not an option in the 1990 Census2,5784,2968,998xx1.38%2.26%4.35%Hispanic or Latino (any race)3,5265,2948,37212,11016,5132.07%2.95%4.49%6.38%7.98%Total170,108179,278186,291189,885206,922 100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 206,922 and 45,689 families. The median age was 35.8 years. 24.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 87.4 males age 18 and over. 96.2% of residents lived in urban areas, while 3.8% lived in rural areas.

The racial makeup of the county was 39.9% White, 46.5% Black or African American, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.7% Asian, 0.3% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 3.2% from some other race, and 7.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 8.0% of the population.

There were 82,360 households in the county, of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 37.2% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 90,348 housing units, of which 8.8% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 48.3% were owner-occupied and 51.7% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.2%.

2010 census

In 2010, there were 189,885 people, 74,081 households, and 47,742 families living in the county.

2000 census

According to the 2000 U.S. census, there were 186,291 people, 69,819 households, and 47,686 families living in the county. The population density was .

Education

Higher education

Public Columbus State University Columbus Technical College Troy UniversityTroy University at Columbus - main campus in Troy, Alabama

Private

Rivertown School of Beauty Southeastern Beauty School Meadows Junior College University of Phoenix

Primary and secondary education

Public schools Muscogee County School District serves all parts of the county except Fort Benning for grades K-12. Fort Benning children are zoned to Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools for grades K-8. - Text list - "Fort Benning Schools" refers to the DoDEA schools on Fort Benning. The document states that the county schools have high school zoning. However, high school students attend the public high schools in the respective counties they are located in. - The document states that the county schools have high school zoning.

Private and religion-based schools

Brookstone School (K-12) Calvary Christian School (Christian, K-12) Edgewood Christian School (Baptist, K-12) Grace Christian School (Christian, K-12) Hallie Turner Private School (9–12) Kip Christian Academy (Christian, K-8) New Bethel Christian Academy (Seventh-day Adventist, K-8) Our Lady of Lourdes School (Catholic, K-8) Our Redeemer Christian Academy (Christian, K-12) Pinehurst Christian School (Baptist, K-8) St. Anne‒Pacelli Catholic School (Catholic, K-12) St. Luke School (Christian, K-8) Victory Academy (K-8) Westminster Christian School (Christian, K-8) Wynnbrook Christian School (Baptist, K-12)

Homeschooling In regards to homeschooling, the Official Code of Georgia Annotated states the following:

Government and politics

Muscogee County has voted for Democratic candidates by increasing margins since 1992, although partisan leanings have become increasingly stratified by race, class, and in-county migration after 1965. The county has not supported a Republican for president since 1988, but broke free of Solid South voting patterns earlier than most counties in Georgia. In 2020, Joe Biden won 61.4% of the vote, the best performance by a Democrat since 1976.

Presidential

United States Congress Senators Name Party Assumed office Level Senate Class 2 Jon Ossoff Democratic 2021 Senior Senator Senate Class 3 Raphael Warnock Democratic 2021 Junior Senator Representatives Name Party Assumed office District 2 Sanford Bishop Democratic 1993 District 3 Brian Jack Republican 2025

Georgia General Assembly

Georgia State Senate

District Name Party Assumed office 15 Ed Harbison Democratic 2013 29 Randy Robertson Republican 2019

Georgia House of Representatives District Name Party Assumed office 133 Vance Smith Republican 2019 134 Richard H. Smith Republican 2005 140 Teddy Reese Democratic 2023 141 Carolyn Hugley Democratic 1993 137 Debbie Buckner Democratic 2003

Muscogee County, Georgia

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