Hephzibah, Georgia Hephzibah, Georgia Location in Richmond County and the state of Georgia Location in Richmond County and the state of Georgia Hephzibah (/ h pz b /) is a town/city in southern Richmond County, in the U.S.
The populace was 4,011 at the 2010 census. The name was taken from the Bible, where Hephzibah is a poetic name used by Trito-Isaiah to refer to the City of Jerusalem in the Old Testament.
Hephzibah was originally titled Brothersville, with respect to three brothers who settled near one another.
In October 1860, a Baptist seminary was established in Brothersville by a group of Appling residents. They established the Hephzibah Baptist Church in 1862.
The eminence of these new theological institutions in the region swayed the state of Georgia to rename the town Hephzibah in 1870. In 1909, Walter A.
In 1996 the governments of the town/city of Augusta and Richmond County combined to form a merged government.
The inhabitants of Hephzibah and close-by Blythe voted to maintain their separate town/city governments before to this action.
Some municipal services in Hephzibah are provided by the merged Augusta-Richmond County, while water, fire, and police services are maintained by the city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 19.4 square miles (50.2 km2), of which 0.07 square miles (0.17 km2), or 0.34%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,880 citizens , 1,374 homeholds, and 1,090 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 71.37% White, 25.08% African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 0.75% from other competitions, and 1.68% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,374 homeholds out of which 39.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were married couples living together, 17.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 20.6% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.2% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $37,123, and the median income for a family was $42,898.
About 12.9% of families and 16.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 19.5% of those under age 18 and 16.8% of those age 65 or over.
This list includes citizens who were born in Hephzibah or who spent a momentous amount of time living in the town.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Hephzibah city, Georgia".
"Hephzibah proud of separate identity".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hephzibah city, Georgia".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Hephzibah Municipalities and communities of Richmond County, Georgia, United States
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