Official Name: | Leary, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Calhoun |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 8.33 |
Area Land Km2: | 8.31 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.22 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.21 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 524 |
Population Density Km2: | 63.07 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 163.34 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 31.4856°N -84.5133°W |
Elevation M: | 63 |
Elevation Ft: | 207 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 39862 |
Area Code: | 229 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-45600[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0332194[3] |
Leary is a city in Calhoun County, Georgia, United States. The population was 524 in 2020.
Leary is located in southeastern Calhoun County at 31.4856°N -84.5133°W (31.485431, -84.513293).[4] It is southwest of Albany and 6miles southeast of Morgan, the county seat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Leary has a total area of 8.3km2, of which 0.02km2, or 0.20%, is water.[5]
On October 2, 1916, a woman named Connelly, whose son was accused of murder, was taken from the Leary jail and lynched. Her body, riddled with bullets was found two days later.[6]
As of the census of 2000, there were 666 people, 256 households, and 176 families residing in the city. By 2020, its population declined to 524.