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Wikipedia / Cuthbert, Georgia

Cuthbert is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cuthbert had a population of 3,143.

History

Cuthbert was founded by European Americans in 1831 as seat of the newly formed Randolph County, after Indian Removal of the historic tribes to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. John Alfred Cuthbert, who represented Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1819 to 1821, is its namesake. The county was developed for cotton plantations, the major commodity crop, and the rural area had a high proportion of enslaved African-American workers. Cuthbert was incorporated as a town in 1834 and as a city in 1859, serving as the trading center for the area. The Central of Georgia Railway arrived in Cuthbert in the 1850s, stimulating trade and growth, and providing a means of getting cotton and other crops to market.

A few years before 2022, the city's hospital closed.

Geography

Cuthbert is located at 31º46'15" North, 84º47'37" West (31.770726, -84.793517). The city is located along U.S. Route 27 and U.S. Route 82. U.S. Route 27 passes east of the city leading north to Columbus and south to Tallahassee, Florida. U.S. Route 82 passes through the heart of the city leading east to Albany and west to Eufaula, Alabama. Other highways that pass through the city include Georgia State Route 266 and Georgia State Route 216.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Climate

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, there were 3,143 people, 1,194 households, and 839 families residing in the city.

The median age was 38.4 years. About 25.0% of residents were under the age of 18, and 19.1% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 80.9 males; for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.9 males age 18 and over.

In 2020, 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

Of households, 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 22.2% were married-couple households, 21.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 51.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 1,531 housing units, of which 16.7% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.5%, and the rental vacancy rate was 7.0%.

Culture and historic district

Cuthbert is home to Andrew College (formerly Andrew Female College), a two-year private liberal arts college. The Fletcher Henderson Museum is being established in Cuthbert in honor of the 20th-century jazz musician and orchestra arranger.

The city has notable sites such as a Confederate Army cemetery, historical houses built in the 1800s, and the Fletcher Henderson home. In 2007 an announcement was made of a museum to be dedicated to late resident Lena Baker and issues of racial justice. Baker was an African-American maid who was convicted of capital murder in 1945 in the death of a white man; she was the only woman in Georgia to be executed by electric chair. She had claimed self-defense, and in 2005 the state posthumously pardoned her. She was the subject of a 2001 biography and a 2008 feature film of the same name, The Lena Baker Story. (It was later retitled Hope and Redemption: The Lena Baker Story.)

Education

The Randolph County School District holds grades pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary, middle, and high schools. The district has 88 full-time teachers and more than 1,530 students.

Higher education

  • Andrew College - Main Campus

  • Albany Technical College - Cuthbert campus

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