Cuthbert, Georgia Cuthbert, Georgia Location in Randolph County and the state of Georgia Location in Randolph County and the state of Georgia State Georgia Cuthbert is a town/city in, and the governmental center of county of, Randolph County, Georgia, United States. The populace was 3,731 at the 2000 census.
Cuthbert was established by European Americans in 1831 as seat of the newly formed Randolph County, after Indian Removal of the historic tribes to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.
John Alfred Cuthbert, member of Congress, is its namesake. The county was advanced for cotton plantations, the primary commodity crop, and the non-urban area had a high proportion of enslaved black workers.
Cuthbert was incorporated as a town in 1834 and as a town/city in 1859, serving as the trading center for the area.
The Central of Georgia Railway appeared in Cuthbert in the 1850s, stimulating trade and growth, and providing a means of getting cotton and other crops to market. Cuthbert is positioned at 31 46'15" North, 84 47'37" West (31.770726, -84.793517). The town/city is positioned along U.S.
Route 27 passes east of the town/city dominant north 57 miles (92 km) to Columbus and south 112 miles (180 km) to Tallahassee, Florida.
Route 82 passes through the heart of the town/city dominant east 45 miles (72 km) to Albany and west 26 miles (42 km) to Eufaula, Alabama.
Other highways that pass through the town/city include Georgia State Route 266 and Georgia State Route 216.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2), all land.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 14.8% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
Cuthbert is home to Andrew College (formerly Andrew Female College), a two-year private liberal arts college.
The Fletcher Henderson Museum is being established in Cuthbert with respect to the 20th-century jazz musician and orchestra arranger.
The town/city has notable sites such as a Confederate Army cemetery, historical homes assembled in the 1800s, and the Fletcher Henderson home.
Albany Technical College - Cuthbert ground Lena Baker, the only woman executed in the electric chair in Georgia; she was later pardoned by the state Built in 1886 in the Romanesque Revival style, the Randolph County Courthouse has been placed on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's list of "Places in Peril" for 2012 due to extensive termite damage and general disrepair.
Cuthbert is the site of Andrew College, a private, Methodist, liberal arts junior college positioned a several blocks off the town square.
The college is the ninth-oldest college in Georgia and is recognized as the second in the country to grant degrees to women.
Cuthbert's Main Square is part of the Cuthbert Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 10, 1975.
Cuthbert City Hall United States Enumeration Bureau.
The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States.
Historical Gazetteer of the United States.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Georgia Board of Education[permanent dead link], Retrieved June 26, 2010.
School Stats, Retrieved June 26, 2010.
Andrew College, Retrieved June 26, 2010.
South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive, Digital Library of Georgia Media related to Cuthbert, Georgia at Wikimedia Commons Municipalities and communities of Randolph County, Georgia, United States County seat: Cuthbert
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