Ashburn, Georgia Ashburn, Georgia, USA Ashburn City Hall Ashburn City Hall Location in Turner County and the state of Georgia Location in Turner County and the state of Georgia The town/city of Ashburn is the governmental center of county of Turner County, Georgia.

As of the 2013 census the town/city had a populace of 3,792. Ashburn's government is classified as a council/manager form of municipal government.

The City Manager of Ashburn is Ben Taylor.

Ashburn is noted for its peanuts and a fire ant festival.

Ashburn was designated seat of Turner County when it was established in 1905. The legal organ for the City of Ashburn is The Wiregrass Farmer.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.6 square miles (12 km2), of which, 4.5 square miles (12 km2) of it is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (0.66%) is water.

In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 30.7% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $18,702, and the median income for a family was $21,481.

About 29.6% of families and 38.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 53.6% of those under age 18 and 29.3% of those age 65 or over.

The Turner County School District holds pre-school to undertaking twelve, and consists of one elementary school, a middle school, a high school, and a speciality school. The precinct has 126 full-time teachers and over 1,914 students. Turner County Elementary School Turner County Middle School Turner County High School Turner County Specialty School Every fourth weekend in March, Ashburn holds the Fire Ant Festival.

Some affairs are tailored to the festival itself, such as the Fire Ant Call, Find the Fire Ant, Fire Ant 5k, and Miss Fire Ant Pageant.

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 29, 2010.

School Stats, Retrieved June 29, 2010.

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