Cordele, Georgia Cordele, Georgia Cordele City Hall Cordele City Hall Location in Crisp County and the state of Georgia Location in Crisp County and the state of Georgia Cordele is a town/city in Crisp County, Georgia, United States.
The populace was 11,147 at the 2010 census. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Crisp County. 5.1 Crisp County School District In November 1864, the region that is now Cordele served as the temporary capital of Georgia.
Before 1905 Cordele was positioned in southern Dooly County, 9 miles (14 km) from the governmental center of county in Vienna.
Crisp County was formed in 1905 by taking a portion of southern Dooly County, and Cordele became its county seat.
By August 1930, Cordele homed the Crisp County Hydroelectric System, the first county-owned electric system.
Cordele is positioned north of the center of Crisp County at 31 57 51 N 83 46 38 W (31.964178, -83.777277). U.S.
Route 41 passes through the town/city as Seventh Street and leads north 9 miles (14 km) to Vienna and south 20 miles (32 km) to Ashburn.
Route 280 (16th Avenue) crosses US 41 in the center of the town/city and leads east 29 miles (47 km) to Abbeville and west 31 miles (50 km) to Americus.
Interstate 75 passes through the east side of the city, with access from exits 99, 101, and 102, and leads 65 miles (105 km) north to Macon and 103 miles (166 km) south to the Florida state line.
State Route 300 leads from the south side of the town/city 37 miles (60 km) southwest to Albany.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Cordele has a total region of 10.2 square miles (26.5 km2), of which 10.2 square miles (26.3 km2) is territory and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.82%, is water. Crisp County School District The Crisp County School District holds pre-school to undertaking twelve, and consists of four elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. The precinct has 266 full-time teachers and over 4,337 students. Crisp County Elementary School Route 41 / Georgia 7.svg State Route 7 Route 280 / Georgia 30.svg State Route 30 Georgia 33.svg State Route 33 Georgia 90.svg State Route 90 Georgia 257.svg State Route 257 Georgia 300.svg State Route 300 (Georgia-Florida Parkway) The Cordele Inland Port is directed by a private company, Cordele Intermodal Services, which offers rail service via the Heart of Georgia Railroad and Georgia Central Railroad, from their rail ramp in Cordele to the Georgia Ports Authority in Savannah.
Shortline Railroad, Heart of Georgia presently interchanges with CSX in downtown Cordele.
Tree Rollins, former NBA basketball player and Cordele native who attended Crisp County High School "City of Cordele Georgia Website".
City of Cordele Georgia Website.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cordele city, Georgia".
City of Cordele official website "Profile for Cordele, Georgia, GA".
Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 6, 2010.
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