Alma, Georgia Alma, Georgia Alma City services in Bacon County Courthouse Alma City services in Bacon County Courthouse Location in Bacon County and the state of Georgia Location in Bacon County and the state of Georgia County Bacon Bacon County Courthouse Alma is a town/city in Bacon County, Georgia, United States, and the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 3,466. Alma is known as Georgia's blueberry capital, and hosts a Blueberry Festival each June.
It was incorporated as a town/city in 1906 and designated seat of the newly formed Bacon County in 1914. There are two theories about the origin of the name of the town.
The first is that it was titled for the wife of a traveling salesmen, Alma Sheridan; the other is that it was titled for the initial letter of the four state capitals Georgia has had: Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta. There are four sites in Alma listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Alma Depot, Bacon County Courthouse, Bacon County School, and the Rabinowitz Building.
Alma is positioned in southeastern Georgia at 31 32 30 N 82 28 0 W (31.541543, -82.466666). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.2 square miles (16.1 km2), of which 5.5 square miles (14.3 km2) is territory and 0.69 square miles (1.8 km2), or 11.27%, is water. In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $20,324, and the median income for a family was $21,941.
Alma is served by the Bacon County School District. The precinct has 126 full-time teachers and over 1,900 students, and operates these schools: Bacon County Elementary School Bacon County Primary School Bacon County Middle School Bacon County High School Representative from Georgia; moved to Alma National Register of Historic Places listings in Bacon County, Georgia United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Alma city, Georgia".
Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved July 28, 2010.
City of Alma official website Municipalities and communities of Bacon County, Georgia, United States County seat: Alma
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