Camilla, Georgia Camilla, Georgia Camilla City Hall Camilla City Hall Location in Mitchell County and the state of Georgia Location in Mitchell County and the state of Georgia State Georgia County Mitchell Camilla is a town/city in Mitchell County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat. As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 5,360. 4.1 Mitchell County School District The name Camilla was chosen with respect to the granddaughter of Henry Mitchell, an American Revolutionary War general for whom Mitchell County was named. Camilla and Mitchell County were originally Creek nation surrendered to the United States in the 1814 Treaty at Fort Jackson.

Georgia divided the territory ceded by Native Americans into lots to be given away in territory lotteries.

The lottery of 1820 awarded lands covering much of the southwest section of the state (applying only to territory south of the future Lee County line and extending west to Chattahoochee and east to settled counties in east Georgia), including the region later known as Mitchell County.

It took approximately forty years (1820 1857) for the region to obtain its necessary legal populace to turn into a separate county, after which Camilla became the county's seat. "Whites proceeded through the countryside over the next two weeks, beating and warning Negroes that they would be killed if they tried to vote in the coming election." The Camilla Massacre was the culmination of lesser acts of violence committed by white inhabitants that had plagued southwest Georgia since the end of the Civil War.(pp.

On 23 July 1962, a group of civil rights activists tried to visit fellow demonstrators from Albany, Georgia that had been jailed in Camilla.

While the rally took place, Marion King, wife of Albany Movement's vice president Slater King, was beaten to the ground and kicked by Camilla police guards until she was unconscious.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.1 square miles (16 km2), of which 0.16% is water.

According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Camilla has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Camilla has a mostly wet climate with high rain year-round, as typical of the easterly United States.

Climate data for Camilla, Georgia The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 65.23% African American, 32.30% White, 0.12% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.25% from other competitions, and 0.62% from two or more competitions.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.3% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older.

Mitchell County School District The Mitchell County School District holds grades pre-school to undertaking twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, and a charter school. The precinct has 176 full-time teachers and over 2,855 students. The Mitchell County Head Start Center opened in 2001.

South Mitchell County Elementary School North Mitchell County Elementary School Mitchell County Middle School Mitchell County High School The legislative authority of the government of the City of Camilla is vested in the six-member Council.

Palmer, III (District 2; term expires January 8, 2018) Annie Doris Willingham (District 1; term expires January 8, 2018) Hadley (District 1; term expires January 11, 2016) Ronald Hays (District 2; term expires January 11, 2016) Smith (District 1; term expires January 8, 2018) Lewis Bryant Campbell, Jr (District 2; term expires January 8, 2018) Highway 19 is the primary travel route through the city, connecting Camilla to Albany in the north and Thomasville to the south Georgia State Route 112 joins Cairo to the south and Sylvester to the northeast Georgia State Route 37 joins Moultrie to the east camillaga.com Retrieved September 11, 2009.

Joshua Butler, "'Almost too Terrible to Believe': The Camilla, Georgia Race Riot and Massacre, September 1868," (M.A.

"WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Marion King, interviewed after her beating by Camilla police".

10.5 SOUTHWEST GEORGIA TORNADO OUTBREAK OF 13 14 FEBRUARY 2000 noaa.gov Retrieved September 11, 2009.

Tornado Outbreak of March 20, 2003 noaa.gov Retrieved September 11, 2009.

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

"Enumeration of Population and Housing".

Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 24, 2010.

School Stats, Retrieved June 24, 2010.

City of Camilla official website Mitchell County official website Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race in the Digital Library of Georgia 'Almost too Terrible to Believe': The Camilla, Georgia Race Riot and Massacre, September 1868 Municipalities and communities of Mitchell County, Georgia, United States

Categories:
Cities in Georgia (U.S.

State)Cities in Mitchell County, Georgia - County seats in Georgia (U.S.