Official Name: | Remerton, Georgia, USA |
Settlement Type: | City |
Seal Size: | 87px |
Image Blank Emblem: | RemertonGAlogo.png |
Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
Blank Emblem Size: | 120px |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lowndes |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Cornelius Holsendolph |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.53 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.53 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.20 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.20 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1334 |
Population Density Km2: | 2525.21 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 6539.22 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 30.8436°N -83.3086°W |
Elevation M: | 54 |
Elevation Ft: | 177 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 31601 |
Area Code: | 229 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-64596[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0332830[3] |
Remerton is a city in Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,123 at the 2010 census,[4] and 1,334 in 2020. It was incorporated as a town in 1951, and chartered as a city under Georgia law in 2000. Remerton is an enclave of Valdosta and is a popular place for Valdosta State University students to live.
Remerton was founded in 1899 as a company town for workers at the Strickland Cotton Mill.[5] It was named for banker Remer Y. Lane. In 1951 Remerton was incorporated as municipality.[6] In January 1979, Strickland Cotton Mills closed. Two months later the mill was purchased by Wipo Inc. and the mill began to operate as Sugar Creek Textiles.[7]
During the 1980s Remerton underwent many changes. Apartments began being built to attract students from what was then known as Valdosta State College. Also, businesses including a Piggly Wiggly were built. In 1985 the L.E. Davis family purchased the Strickland Cotton Mill building from Sugar Creek Textiles. The next year Fred Wilkinson purchased the building and used the building for his Wilkinson Textile Company.[7]
On 1 November 2005, the Strickland Cotton Mill building was purchased by Remerton Mills, LLC. Remerton Mills, LLC is a corporation with local businessman Joseph H. Tillman, Sr. as the registered agent.[8] In 2006 Remerton Mills, LLC announced plans for renovating the Strickland Cotton Mill building into residential and commercial spaces.[7]
In 2012 plans for the demolition of the historic Strickland Cotton Mill were put in motion by Remerton Mills, LLC despite calls from preservationists and locals to save it. Plans were announced to build a park at the site.[9] The demolition of the mill building began in June 2013.[10]
Remerton is located at 30.8433°N -83.3083°W (30.843572, -83.308492).[11]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.2sqmi, all land.
In 2000, there were 847 people, 440 households, and 124 families residing in the city. In 2020, its population increased to 1,334.
Residents are in the Lowndes County School District.[12] Lowndes High School is the zoned comprehensive high school.