Official Name: | Willacoochee, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | City |
Motto: | Where good people live |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Atkinson |
Established Title3: | Incorporated |
Established Date3: | November 12, 1889 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 9.90 |
Area Land Km2: | 9.89 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.82 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.82 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1240 |
Population Density Km2: | 125.33 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 324.61 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 31.3353°N -83.0464°W |
Elevation M: | 73 |
Elevation Ft: | 240 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 31650 |
Area Code: | 912 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-82972[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0333429[3] |
Willacoochee is a city in Atkinson County, Georgia, United States, along the Alapaha River. The population was 1,240 in 2020.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Willacoochee as a town in 1889.[4] Willacoochee is a name derived from the Creek language meaning "home of the wildcats".[5]
Willacoochee is located at 31.3353°N -83.0464°W (31.335175, -83.046381), within the Southeast Georgia region.[6] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.9km2, all land.[7]
White (non-Hispanic) | 500 | 40.32% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 423 | 34.11% | |
Native American | 5 | 0.4% | |
Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.16% | |
Other/Mixed | 28 | 2.26% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 282 | 22.74% |